Did she actually manage to turn Joe's attempt on reaching out to gay voters into having it on record that they both agree on their opposition for gay marriage? Did that just happen? -- Sandmonkey(Photo credit: Dunechaser)
For those of you wondering or debating who won the vice-presidential debate, I direct you to the insomniacs over at Egypt Blogs America blog for some insightful, bitingly blunt and perhaps equally accurate takes on who one the debate. It appears that the team has returned to Egypt, which means they are six hours ahead of East Coast time ... So, the debate was around 3 am Egypt time.
The above quote is from a section of the US vice-presidential debate that was a bit hard to follow, but was nonetheless amusing to see referenced. In the debate Joe Biden and Sarah Palin were asked about their opinions on gay marriage. The responses seemed equal parts vague and specific. At the end of the repartee I was left a bit confused as to who exactly had said or committed to what.
What I was not confused about was how much I enjoyed the below analyses of the debate from our far flung pundits in Egypt.
From Sandmonkey, who gives a minute-by-minute takedown of the event and catches nuances that one would hope the rest of America was noticing. If not, well, at least one person up at 3am Egypt time was paying attention:
[S]ubstance wise Biden won, but Palin held her own- i.e. didn't commit any major blunders, was actually using big words correctly and even had a couple of good answers there. Style wise Palin won: she seemed more relate able, more common american woman and definitely a Washington outsider. She officially does better in debates or behind podiums than in interviews. Biden looked commanding, but there is something about him that never says "Leader". She has buckets more Charisma than he does, but since she is not the main name on the ticket, I am not sure that counts. On the bright side she just stopped hurting the ticket. Now if she can only give a couple of good press interviews, she just might be able to turn this whole thing around. But so far Obama/Biden are the stronger ticket. They are performing better. It's still anyone's race though.
From Zeinab who says it was more interesting and more "foootball-game like" than the presidential debate:
The early verdict? Palin did well for herself, but not so much for the McCain campaign: the effect of the debate was to allow Palin (and McCaine) to survive another day (and perhaps give Palin a shot at the 2012 presidential elections, as frightening a thought as that is) but not enough of a boost to end up ahead in the race. Still, it continues to be a close election and we will only really know come November 4th.
How many US bloggers would stay up until 3am to watch the Egypt's presidential debates? As we look toward what works in public diplomacy, I think we need look no further than the above. The world knows plenty about us. How much do we know about them? More importantly, what can we do to make us care?
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