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Before the dust settled on the only debate between vice presidential candidates Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) and Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) Thursday, elected officials and pundits from both sides of the aisle did not wait long to issue their own consensus on who won the historic televised event.
Regardless of who they crowned victorious, the focus from politicos and kitchen table voters alike seems to be on Palin.
Catching up with Chad Khan at Luby's Cafeteria, on Tomball Parkway, the Democratic candidate for Texas House Dist. 126 said Biden exhibited knowledge while Palin wavered on the issues, particularly on Iran and Pakistan's nuclear programs.
Echoing similar sentiments, Diane Trautman told the Examiner while Palin "seemed to be more energetic and at ease" than she appeared in an interview Tuesday with CBS Evening News' Katie Couric, she "avoided answering questions she obviously was not comfortable with." But, the Democrat admitted both did very well.
Trautman, who will run against incumbent Republican Paul Bettencourt for the office of Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector, said Biden won the debate by "giving straight answers to the American public."
Shortly after the debate ended, AM 700 KSEV radio personality and State Sen. Dan Patrick (R-7) said the Alaska governor won the debate by drawing those who will decide the race--middle Americans.
"Biden was good, but for a veteran of the Senate...there was no difference between the two on knowledge and understanding of the issues," Patrick said. "Palin is plain spoke and likeable. People will forget what was said, but will remember they liked her"
The "Voice of Texas," as known to listeners of Patrick's conservative drive-time talk radio program simulcast in Houston and Dallas, finds help among pundits ranging from Rush Limbaugh to Tom Bevan of Real Clear Politics, who called the debate for Palin.
While pundits disagree on the reasoning the governor won, ranging from "her strength and experience" to "because she didn't lose," Patrick said there will be a narrowing effect on the six-point gap Sens. Barack Obama and Biden have held since after the first debate Sept. 26, regardless.
"I expect the polls to narrow to a 2 to 4 point Obama lead by Tuesday," Patrick said. "Palin has helped close the gap."
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