This from CNN:

“A national poll of people who watched the vice presidential debate Thursday night suggests that Democratic Sen. Joe Biden won, but also says Republican Gov. Sarah Palin exceeded expectations.

The CNN/Opinion Research Corp. said 51 percent of those polled thought Biden did the best job, while 36 percent thought Palin did the best job.

But respondents said the folksy Palin was more likable, scoring 54 percent to Biden’s 36 percent. Seventy percent said Biden was more of a typical politician.

Both candidates exceeded expectations — 84 percent of the people polled said Palin did a better job than they expected, while 64 percent said Biden also exceeded expectations.

How Palin would perform had been a major issue for the Alaska governor, who had some well-publicized fumbles during interviews with CBS’ Katie Couric leading up to the debate.”

I don’t think those results would shock anyone; those results were pretty evident after watching 10 minutes of the debate.  I must tell the truth, I only watched about 10 minutes because it was kind of boring to me.  I think it was mainly boring because we didn’t get what many people expected: Palin didn’t self-destruct before our eyes.

The McCain camp was trying to get two victories, knowing one out of two wouldn’t be half bad.  The first victory was to keep Palin from embarrassing herself and the Republican party.  It wasn’t a slam-dunk, but mission accomplished.  The second victory at stake, of course, was the debate itself.  She may not have won it, but she wasn’t blown out and that is good enough.  The baton has been passed back to McCain and he will take it from here.

Let your imagination run wild or look at the obvious issues surrounding both presidential hopefuls and you should be able to see that the vice-presidential candidates are more important that ever before.  Ask yourself, who do you honestly think is more prepared to run the country if something were to happen to the president.

Is is Palin or is it Biden?

Hey Everyone.  As previously stated, 7DayBuzz has been on a brief haitus due to Hurricane Gustav.  During our haitus, so much has happened – most notably, McCain naming an unknown (Alaska Governor Sarah Palin) as his vice-presidential running mate.  It appears that Ms. Palin has rejuvenated the Republican Party.  Talk about a shot of adrenaline, right?  She is the topic of everyone’s conversation.  I mean we all want to know  who is she; how did she become McCain’s “soul mate”; what are her beliefs?, etc.  Up until now, she has not been interviwed by anyone.  It’s like the GOP is protecting her, right?  Are they scared of what she will reveal in an uncontrolled setting?  Well, sometime this week she will be interviewed in World News on ABC.  Hopefully, she’ll answer all of our questions.  With all the excitement (and controversy) about Sarah Palin, I wonder if the McCain-Palin ticket has silently become the Palin-McCain ticket.  What do you think?