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Jill Biden Oops ...

Looks like Joe Biden isn't the only one in his family who sometimes says too much!

Jill Biden let slip on the Oprah show today that Joe had a choice "between Secretary of State and Vice President." I don't think I've ever seen Joe Biden turn such a bright shade of red!

Hopefully the Secretary of State designate wasn't watching.

Oh, Joe ...

From Huffington Post:

President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden met in Philadelphia Tuesday morning with a bipartisan delegation of governors from around the country hosted by the National Governors Association. [...]

Biden's prepared remarks were:

"And Governor Palin, your being here today sends a powerful message that when campaigns end, we are all partners in progress. Thank you."

But he actually said: "And Governor Palin, I want to thank you particularly. I might point out, as I told you, we walked in. Since the race is over, no one pays attention to me at all. So I'm -- maybe you will walk outside with me or something later and say hello to me," prompting laughs from all, but an especially loud one from Gov. Kaine.

"It's great to see you, Governor," Biden added. "And, by the way, I think it is -- I hope, you know, the whole country can see the sort of a metaphor for the fact that this election is over and here we are," he said. "We're all together. We're all dealing with a common problem."

Maybe you'd better stick to the script next time.

C-SPAN offers debate timeline

C-SPAN has created a cool tool called a "debate timeline" where you can splice together and edit video clips from the debate and then embed them on your blog. So let's say Sarah Palin or Joe Biden said an answer that you found interesting, you can go to the debate timeline, click on the blue (Biden) or red (Palin) block and that specific answer will pop up in the transcripts and you can embed just that tiny portion of video (pretty cool, right?).

It is pretty cool ... check it out!


h/t to Simon

Biden-Palin VP Debate

CBS News Instant Poll of Uncommitted Voters: Biden 46% Palin 21%

A CBS News instant poll of uncommitted voters who watched the debate also showed Biden to be the winner by a margin of 46-21 percent. About one-third thought the debate to be a draw.

I agree with SilentPatriot at Crooks and Liars:

MY VERDICT: No huge gaffes, only the expected distortions. McCain needed a game-changer. He didn’t get it. Palin may have successfully distanced herself from the Tina Fey caricature (her primary goal), but Biden was simply too strong. Palin came off as folksy (another goal) but I just don’t see how this changes the underlying fundamentals. Biden spoke from his decades of experience. Palin delivered the lines, but they came off as rather unauthentic and boilerplate. CNN Meter gives a slight edge to Biden, who probably delivered his best debate perfomance to date. Palin held her own and defintiely pleased the GOP base, but I don’t see independents seeing it the same way.

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