Liveblogging

9:01: Palin is a fox. Chummy to Biden.

9:02: Biden mirrors Obama's opening statement, laying the epic smackdown on supply-siders. He's also giving an emphatic defense of Obama's bailout positions. Maybe a liiitle wordy.

9:03: Palin is meticulously scripted.

9:04: Ha, you can tell Biden is really forcing himself to look at her.

9:04: You can hear a little bit of the Couric bluster creeping into Palin's words.

9:05: Palin tries the workforce card.

9:06: Man, real shades of Miss North Carolina (or whatever state). Something about her syntax.

9:07: Rofl, still talking about "new face," etc. Remember who your running mate is?

9:10: Pretty soporific so far. Nothing major.

9:11: Biden better respond to the $42,000 lie.

9:12: Good tax response, I think.

9:12: Palin bites back.

9:15: Palin is using Obama's first name. Interesting. (Of course, Biden uses McCain's first name).

9:16: I wonder if lauding the "private sector" is still effective.

9:16: It must be said that Palin's performance has offered little to complain about. This really will be a debate about policy.

9:19: Good response from Biden on healthcare, taxes.

9:20: Biden miiight not want to rail so much against "tax cuts" as a concept. I guess if he makes it clear that they're for undeserving companies or people, it's fine. Also, he's been flubbing lines and doesn't look too energetic.

9:25: Palin's first real balls-up answer. Nothing horrible, just a big ramble.

9:26: Biden voices voiceless bilabial stops intervocalically, and I think it's funny. Princibal.

9:28: Palin rocks the dangling participles. She's starting to crack, maybe--definitely seems to be getting more incoherent.

9:30: Produce, emit, and even pollute! Whuh?

9:33: "All of the above" approach?

9:38: Surge is exit strategy. Blablabla.

10:16: Yawnsfuckingville.

9:41: Maliki and Talibani? I don't recognize the second name.

9:45: Nukular.

9:46: Seriously, the Repubs have nothing on this precondition thing. Give it up. Come on Biden, put her down.

9:49: Not impressed with Ifill. Skips through the questions with no followups or acknowledgement. Would be no different if she'd just played a tape of the questions.