If taking Biden to the woodshed means letting him get away with bull——ing for 60 minutes, than I guess we have a different meaning.
As much as Biden was full of it up there, for the most part she let him get away with it and with most voters being disengaged from the facts, he came off sounding like he knew what he was talking about.
Put a guy like Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan up there with Biden and it would be an absolute bloodbath.
Ryan, Pence, McCotter, DeMint and several others who really know the policy and the issues, would have faired much better, IMHO.
The fact of the matter is Palin suffers from never serving in a legislative body where political debate is part of the job description. As an executive, you really don't have to make your case like you do as a legislator. Palin's inexperience hurt her in that debate.
I agree. We needed one of those “I knew John Kennedy, and you are no John Kennedy” moments. And God knows it was a very target-rich environment for that. Even when McCain debated Dear Leader. Neither of them went in for the kill.