***LIVE BLOG***

It is now 8:59 and I'm setting up to watch the VP debate on my local fox station.  I'm planning on writing about the pundits and the critics.

Already Shep Smith has spent about 20 seconds criticizing Palin and over 2 min on Biden and Iffel.  Fair and balanced... here we go!

At least Gwen didn't say "toin coss" like Lauer did.  

Not leading with the woman.  Learning from Hillary.

Oh man...

Biden's answered are focused so far.  He lists, he ticks off points, and he points to his experience.  Palin seems unfocused and her answers are more cliched than specific.

Good pick up by Iffel, about the vp question.  

This might be a good strategy for Palin.  It's hard to rebut answers that don't make that much sense.  

I'm having a lot of trouble following Palin.  Her sentences have no transitions.  I'm going to have to quit the live blogging while listening to her. 

That was one of the most honest exchanges I've seen about trickle down economics vs. redistribution of wealth. 

Here's some live polling data.

Thanks Pop Culture Critic.

My original observations have seem to hold up so far.

Now it's mortgage crisis vs credit crisis.  

The moderator is moving the questions toward Palin's line of thought.  

Palin's working hard to inflate domestic energy to exclusively include oil.

Woah, Palin bringing out her rape kits.

It appears Palin is pro civil unions.  Someone should tell McCain.

That's a hard line.  Obama Biden - the White Flag of Surrender (expect to see that ad soon).

She's got the pronunciation of nuclear down pat.

She moved away from the administration Israel thing real fast.

Richard Luger is getting a lot of press right now.

I'll have more on the debate later.