Palin did fine, I agree. However, and contrary to expectations, the debate forum is less challenging on specifics than the 1 on 1 interviews that Palin so famously bombed. Debates as they are allow the candidate to just drone on about their talking points, never bothering to answer the question, and both sides are guilty of that. Biden was a little better in this respect, but that was expected from a man who's spent 20 years in the Senate.