The Couric interviews

It's interesting to watch these dueling clips from the Couric VP interviews. I indeed cringe when watching Palin's answers about Roe v. Wade and other Supreme Court decisions. Biden did a good job of describing the white-washed, Liberal view of Roe v. Wade--the truth is that the application of the Liberal view equates to abortion on demand. But it is intriguing to note that Joe Biden--who has been marinating in Federal issues for 35 years, serving (forever it seems) on the Senate judiciary committee, could only think of a SCOTUS opinion relating to a law he wrote . . . then he filibustered. The question nicely isolated a perceived weakness of Palin; It would be really impressive if a 44 year old, non-lawyer who has never served in, nor run for, Federal office was articulate on decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court.

But, under the circumstances, her answer(s)--as they bear on her ability to lead effectively, were not significantly less impressive than the answers given by Biden.