The truth is non-partisan

It appears that the hoped for emergence of Sarah Palin as the new
spokesperson for conservatism didn't happen during Thursday night's
vice-presidential debate. New York Times writer Charles Blow watched
the debate with a Young Republicans Club. He went expecting much more
from Gov. Palin than what he found. Instead he saw qualities in
Democrat Joe Biden that seemed to surprise him.

"Through the booing and hissing, I saw a strong, authoritative,
confident and sensitive candidate emerge. On the whole, he came across
as intelligent and relatable; a real person," wrote Blow. "That's a
quality that often eludes Barack Obama."

Blow seems to think Biden did a good job of reintroducing himself to
Americans. "Palin had stolen the spotlight, and he was campaigning in
the shadows. The media was ignoring him. Voters didn't know him. In a
recent New York Times/CBS News poll, 32 percent of Democrats, 38
percent of independents and 41 percent of Republicans said they didn't
know or had no answer when asked to say what they most liked about
Biden."

"That night he reintroduced himself with panache and probably further
strengthened an already strengthening Democratic ticket," wrote Blow.

See his column at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/opinion/04blow.html?em