We all love a man who can show some emotion.

The debate is over, the polls are out.

Sarah Palin performed as I knew she would, but not what I was waiting for. I wanted some Katie Couric interview moments from her, but we didn't get them. instead we got the freaky stepford wife, robotic, I memorized this answer Sarah palin. I swear to GOD. yes, she is a good debater, but i think it is because she is a GOOD ACTRESS. nothing more. and what was with that goddamn WINK?! i cant help it, but i wanted to slap her. no joke. I screamed several times at the television, when she said things that just weren't true. GLOBAL WARMING IS MAN MADE. Now, I may be wrong, but is the term "Joe Six Pack" real? How come I have never heard of it? How about "your average Joe" - THAT I have heard of. And WHY was she LOOKING AT THE CAMERA. It was a DEBATE. look at your opponent, or look at the moderator. McCain did the same thing. Is that some sort of campaign tactic?
I admit she did better than I thought she would. But Joe was superb. He was on top of things, he was eloquent, he was smart... and that SMILE. The thing I love about his smile is that he KNOWS he has that smile. He KNOWS it. He KNOWS what that smile is. Every time he smiled I wanted there to be a little flash of light by the side of his mouth with a "ding!" sound. I loved that he used that smile whenever Sarah said something completely moronic, or that was a complete lie, and he knew he was going to mutilate her with his retaliation. DING! yes. i think Obama should run an ad with that DING! when Biden smiles. It would make me so happy.

And then there was the moment where Joe got choked up. I could have kissed him. The thing about the choke up was that it was REAL. It wasn't forced. It was real.

I admit I have a bit of a crush on Joe, I have for awhile, but I think that aside, he did great. One analyst on CNN after the debate said "This was the best debate of Joe Biden's life." HOORAY!!!

Here is an article that was posted on the Huffington Post that is from an article in Newsweek:



About that catch in his throat: in the moment, he "could picture Beau in the bed" after the 1972 car accident that killed Biden's first wife, Neilia, and their baby girl and critically injured his young sons. Now Beau, the 39-year-old attorney general of Delaware, was off to war, a judge advocate general traveling to obscure regions of Iraq, where the road isn't exactly the safest place to be. The memory of being a single parent mixed with worries about Beau to create "a lot of bundled emotions. It surprised me. I was hoping nobody noticed." Only 70 million or so did.

Here's the video. More from the Newsweek piece below:



Biden, who had stayed neutral in the Democratic primaries after dropping out in January, told Obama that he was "ready to be second fiddle" and sought no specific portfolio--but only if he got a guaranteed hourlong, one-on-one session with the president every week (like Al Gore's lunches with Bill Clinton, and George H.W. Bush's with Ronald Reagan) and a presence at all important meetings. Obama said yes, that he wanted him for his judgment and for his help in enacting a big legislative agenda. And so the job was defined: "My role will be to say, 'Boss, here's the way I'd go about it'."


Biden says Obama reminds him of Bill Clinton in his "confidence, cognitive ability, judgment" and intellectual security--that he can listen and absorb advice without having to prove he's the smartest person in the room, a critical leadership skill. He says he experienced an "epiphany" during a recent conference call on the bailout bill with Bob Rubin, Paul Volcker, Warren Buffett, Paul O'Neill, Joseph Stiglitz, Larry Summers and Laura Tyson. "He [Obama] comes on the call and says, 'Well, folks, sorry I'm late. I've got four questions.' He was in total frigging command! Here's a 47-year-old guy in one of the most complicated economic dilemmas anyone has had to face since 1929 to '33. And it was like, 'Bang! Bang! Bang!' I called him afterward and said, 'You sold me, sucker!' "