I have never tried it before, but I am going to attempt to ‘liveblog’ the debate tonight. Complicating matters somewhat, I will be watching the debate streaming over the web rather than on television, so keep your fingers crossed that there will be no serious ‘technical difficulties’ (I’d cross mine as well, but it plays havoc with my typing).
The debate begins at 9 pm EDT. I am on central time here, so I’m not sure yet what time I will use; I’ll clarify before it begins.
This post will be sticky until after the debate.
** BAD NEWS: It looks like I will be ‘time-delay-blogging’ rather than liveblogging. Life has intruded, and it is likely that I will not be able to start watching the debate until 8:30 or 9:00 (CDT). I will still essentially be liveblogging, watching the time delay feed from C-Span, but will be off by up to an hour. **
I’ll go ahead and throw out another prediction right now: Palin will be on the offensive most of the night. I am hardly going out on a limb with this one, but I see her best strategy as keeping Biden on the defensive, responding to her, and the spotlight on herself to minimize any influence by Ifill.
I’ve decided to go ahead and use central time, since there is (slightly) less chance of me getting confused that way. I will also use 24-hour time, which is a habit of mine. (FYI, 2000 = 8:00 pm, 2100 = 9:00 pm, etc.)
2034
Tap, tap. Squeeeal. Thump.
Is this thing on?
I am finally settled in to where I could start, but I will go ahead and wait until just before 9 before I fire it up. That way my times are not quite as random, and as a bonus should match up fairly closely with the EDT which will likely be used on the feed.
2055
Getting the feed cued up.
Just a note – since I will be concentrating on the debate rather than writing, I will probably come through after the fact and clean up typos and uncomprehensible grammar.
2100
And we’re off. ”Can I call you Joe?”
2101
Wow, race to the center to shake hands.
Bailout question . . .
Biden – Bush, bad policy, etc., right off the bat. [Golly, where have I heard that?] Barack’s 4 points.
2107
Palin seemed a bit nervous at first, but although she is still speaking fast she seems more comfortable. May be trying a bit too hard to be homey – asking parents at a soccer game (why not hockey?) about the economy.
Joe is smooth.
2112
Palin is saying she will answer how she wants, not how the moderator or Biden want her to. Biden just got done attacking McCain’s tax record, and calling out deregulation.
Ifill just cut Palin off.
2116
Great line from Palin re: health care — Obama’s plan is run by the government, but the government hasn’t done such a great job of running things lately
Biden follows up regarding healthcare, saying the $5,000 will not replace $12,000 from employer, then zings calling that the ultimate bridge to nowhere (getting a laugh from the audience).
2125
Question regarding bankruptcy bill that would make it harder to declare bankruptcy. Ifill ties it to mortgage default. Palin says that she would have supported it, but conditions have changed. Repeats line about McCain’s call for reform and bipartisan work toward bailout.
2131
Kudos to Ifill. Biden mentioned clean coal, and Ifill came back and said that she didn’t think he had always been for it.
2137
The gay marriage/civil union question seemed pointless, as both candidates seem to agree. However, at the end it seemed that the audience laughed, maybe at Palin’s expense.
2147
Palin seems very prepared on foreign policy. Biden is repeating Obama’s ridiculous distinction between ‘sitting down’ to talk and preconditions, ignoring presidential level (which was Obama’s comment). Biden seems to be more on defensive, a good thing.
2250
Did not plan on focusing so much on Palin, but another great statement from her regarding Biden’s attacks on Bush: for a campaign that advocates hope and change, they do a whole lot of looking back and pointing fingers.
2156
Ok, I’m confused. Biden said the commanding general in Afghanistan said the surge will not work there. Then Biden said the answer was more troops and spending on infrastructure and nation building . . . So, then, what’s the plan?
Palin, very impressively, named McClellan (instead of calling him ‘commanding general’), and pointed out that he did not say that the surge unequivocally would not work.
2207
Again, I like Palin’s answer on how her administration would differ from McCain’s far more than Biden’s. Mainly because he refused to admit any differences with Obama, while she said that McCain never asked her to check her opinions at the door.
2210
Best line of the debate: “Say it ain’t so Joe! There you go again!” (Palin calling Biden out again on the backward-looking Bush bashing).
I think I was wrong about the audience being hostile to her, she has gotten a couple of laughs from the audience here.
2215
Biden gaffe: stated that Article I of the Constitution defines the execution executive; wrong, it’s Article II. Article I is the legislative. (Freudian slip on my part?)
2227
My stream cut off right in the middle of Palin’s closing statement, but I don’t think I would have much to say about those in any case. I am going to wrap this up and think about the debate for a few minutes, then write a separate post about my initial thoughts on the debate. Later, probably this weekend, I’ll write a more detailed discussion after I have had a chance to see how the media and campaigns spin this, and see what fact checkers might have found.
If anyone was keeping up with this, thank you for your patience.
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