Did the candidates effectively promote the ticket? Vote and comment
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Kurt is the director of social media for the Post-Dispatch, where he has worked since August 2002. He's been a journalist since 1982, covering municipal government, courts, education and two hurricanes as a reporter before becoming an editor.
The structure of the debate was flawed. Palin was given opportunity to talk around and to admittedly OUTRIGHT AVOID the topics, and the last 30 minutes of her responses were nothing more than a repeat of the first 60 minutes! Her down-home hee-haw approach might do well in an Alaska pep rally or bear hunt, but it “ain’t gonna make the grade” anywhere else.
I think John McCain has a Femme Fatale on his hands!