BIDEN TAKES DIGS AT MCCAIN WHILE PALIN ATTEMPTS TO KEEP ON TRACK
By Brit Sumyk
In Thursday’s much anticipated vice presidential debate in St. Louis, Democrat Joe Biden outlined the Obama plan to rebuild the economy, as Republican Sarah Palin attempted to defend her running mate and digress toward issues such as the war and environmental reform.
Biden stressed the notion that Democratic nominee Barack Obama had warned the government of the looming subprime mortgage crisis. By pointing out that John McCain had, within two hours, switched his view on the economy under the Bush Administration, Biden tried to show that McCain is out of touch with what is occurring in our nation. Throughout the financial questioning, Palin continuously tried to divert attention from the economy and onto energy and the environment.
During their discussion of how to handle the financial issue of health care, Biden said that McCain’s recommended health care credit as “the ultimate bridge to nowhere.” In reference to McCain’s plans of deregulation, Biden said that “he voted for deregulation, and [deregulation] is why we are in the crisis that we are in.”
Throughout the debate, Biden took repeated stabs at McCain rather than Palin. He continued to bring up various shortcomings of McCain instead of attacking Palin’s weaknesses. Biden did, however, challenge Palin’s statements and strategies coming from the McCain camp. He did not bring up Palin’s political inexperience, but did welcome comparisons between the accomplishments of himself and Barack Obama to John McCain.
Biden also made strong comparisons between McCain and Bush, and said that he “[hadn’t] heard anything yet” to differentiate the two Republicans’ policies. On the topic of the economy, Biden said that Bush’s economic strategies over his terms in the presidency have been the worst economic policies in U.S. history, a statement supported by the present-day economic crisis.
Poll results from iReport.com show that Biden came out the victor of the debate, taking 51 percent of the vote for which candidate performed the best.
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3 comments:
Hey Britt! This is a really strongly written article, and you clearly understand the material you're writing about. The only thing I notice is that it stresses the actions and arguments of Biden, instead of the A-B style of article that gives both parties equal treatment. I think a tweak of the headline could give the article more justice.
Great article!
I like your article on the debate, but I agree that it focuses on Biden much more than Palin. I think if you changed a few of the paragraphs to focus on Palin, it would be even stronger.
I like that it doesn't get too review-y and stays very factual. I think talking more about Biden could be a way to indicate the victor, but you say it at the end of the article.
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