[master_of_muppets]

i'm taking a break from filling out my absentee ballot (ohio), so this might be the last comment i make on the election since i said that i would rest my case when i sent my ballot out.

i've just watched the VP debate, plus ABC / NBC / PBS post-coverage. when Big Media calls it a "draw," that's their way of giving the win to a conservative. you will never see Big Media give a debate win to a conservative or a republican. not in this political climate, anyway.

here's what i take away from the debate:

palin can hold her own. i hope SNL starts diving into the gold mine of material that obama/biden have on tape. they likely won't because, frankly, they're not that talented. but palin definitely held her own, showed humility in moments, but was not the moose-in-headlights she was predicted to be.

i actually like joe biden! wow...i hadn't really listened to the guy too much, just read what he's said, or saw some youtube clips, etc. of his many gaffes. but he's a very likable man, and i sit here wanting a Palin/Biden ticket. at least there would be differing views in the white house so as to not let govt. get bigger or too confident. biden is a guy i'd like to sit down over coffee with at a Waffle House and talk about anything.

mccain and palin have got to start naming names with the whole economic crisis. there's a ton of facts they can cite on how democrats hold a lot of the blame. i was disappointed that palin didn't go after barney frank, dodd, etc.

ifill was less of a factor than i thought she'd be. she stayed on foreign policy longer than was necessary, which obviously favors biden, but overall she was probably more pleasant than the other guy.

seeing palin hold her own solidified my vote for her and mccain.

and with that, i don't plan on contributing to the election conversation, though if some kind of extraordinary october surprise happens, i may chime in. my vote will be in the mail tomorrow and that's that.