Originally Posted by aceventura3

I think people with this view miss the point. If a candidate goes into a debate they go into the debate with an objective. The candidate's objective may not be the same as the moderator. A good debtor recognizes this conflict and manages it. Palin was far more aggressive in terms of accomplishing her objectives. In the first half of the debate I was not sure Bidden had an objective - he seemed to be going with the flow. Palin is a winner and focused on what she needed to do, had a strategy, and executed it. Bidden did not appear to have a strategy. Given a lack of strategy I don't know how to measure his execution, he was bureaucratic. I think Palin demonstrated the difference between executive level experience and bureaucratic level experience. I will take executive level in executive office any day over a bureaucrat.