Frank’s so nervous his stomach is in knots.

“Hey, can I call you Joe? Thanks!” Hahaha.

Who cares about what Senator Biden says unless he’s a total jerk, right? Sarah does well with her first question, and I’m so glad she pointed out that McCain was shouting about Fannie and Freddie two years ago, but she should have been harder on the attack.

Second question: not answered, because Biden wants to respond, and in her response to his response, she is charming and winking.

Third question about whose fault it is. Governor Palin missed a huge opportunity there to point out the Democratic congressmen involved with Freddie and Fannie, and I won’t forgive her easily for that. She did straighten out Biden on the thing about the American workers being strong (I’ve heard that one before, and I’m kind of okay with it, but let’s just be serious — it’s spin, nothing more).

Biden is on about deregulation. NAIL HIM ON THE GOVERNMENT REGULATION THAT PUT US IN THIS SITUATION. I’m sorely disappointed she’s not going on about it. Yes, reduce taxes, great. Yes, keep mentioning the small business, but hit him on the CRA! Do it now!

Biden: Socialism is fairness. Palin: You like redistribution of wealth! Government needs to keep out of our pockets and our way, because we see what a great job they do running things, right? Good job, Sarah! I will soon forgive you for not bringing up the Fannie/Freddie thing and the CRA.

Palin is engaging Biden directly, and that’s exactly what she needs to do to pull him into a mega-gaffe. He looks tireder tonight than Fred Thompson ever did in the debates, so he’s bound to crack or fall asleep soon.

Palin sounds like a genius on energy. Joy Behar will probably switch to saying her earrings were wrong since she can’t call her dumb. Wait, who am I kidding? Behar would call Einstein dumb if he disagreed with her on anything (and he WOULD, because he’s freaking EINSTEIN). The earrings are classy and simple, by the way. If she were wearing those soul-crushing giant hoops, we’d be so over.

Gwin is asking what promises each candidate won’t be able to keep because of the bailout. Biden: We’ll have to slow down on foreign aid. Sorry, Darfur. You’re stuck out. Gwin asks Palin what promises she won’t be able to keep. “Well, I haven’t made a lot of promises, because I’ve been at this, what, five weeks?” Hahahahaha.

She’s had a lot of good lines so far.

Oh, I’ve now been informed that Frank is also blogging this. His is probably funnier.

Biden’s going on about how awesome Palin is for windfall profits taxes. Was her deal really a windfall profits tax? I ask because I don’t know.

Biden: “I would explain this, but it gets complicated. Too complicated for you chicks to understand, so we’ll skip it.”

Biden just made me curse, and I blame him (and the devil) for my dirty mouth. Bankruptcy judges allowed to adjust mortgage principal and rates? Bull crap.

Palin says she thinks climate change is partial human partial natural. Biden thinks it’s 100% man-made. Well, the penguins in Antarctica thank us, because as the polar ice gets smaller, Antarctica gets bigger. So you choose: polar bears or penguins? Vicious beasts that chase you on lost islands, or flippy little tuxedo-wearing sweethearts?

Hey, what constitution does Joe Biden read? I think I must have a defective copy.

Palin answered the gay marriage question (notice how not one of the three people up there would say “gay”?) very well, and came away from that question as well as she could have. Both sides happy. I mean, I’m rabidly conservative, and I was happy with it. And with the other side opposed to gay marriage as well, she’s no worse off with the libs than they are. Except that she’s not the Messiah or that old guy running with him.

“That’s a white flag of surrender you’re waving.” Ok, I forgive your earlier stuff.

Good answer from Palin on nuclear Iran v. unstable Pakistan. And pointing out the difference between a president sitting down with Ahmadinejad and lower level diplomats sitting down.

Palin on Israel v. Palestine says two states, blah blah blah. What she should have said was, “Well, for one, we can stop giving money to the Palestinians, because they hate us and cheered when we got attacked on 9/11.”

LOL. “Too much looking backwards to prove that you’re about change.” Or something like that. She basically said, in more words, “Bush isn’t on the Republican ticket.”

Yay! She made me cheer in pointing out what Obama said about Afghanistan. “Reckless, reckless statement.” IOW, “Obama is a propagandist for the enemy. Go Barry!”

I love Biden’s math skills. Seven years in Iraq. [Ahem. First off, he said seven years in Afghanistan, and I was trying to riff on that. Second, um, we have been in Afghanistan seven years, so his math is working fine.]

I love Biden’s loud sigh while Palin corrects him on McClellanMcKiernan. (I don’t know what he said, but I’m sure Hot Air has the link.) I also love how Palin looks at him like she’s about to ground his little kid butt if he doesn’t stop with the sighing, and she keeps right on talking.

How is Biden going to help in Darfur if he’s cutting back foreign aid for all those entitlement programs?

I’m glad she pointed out that the bill in Alaska hasn’t passed yet, because otherwise people would have been peeing their pants tomorrow. “She’s talking about a bill that hasn’t passed! Gotcha! Teacher!? Did you hear?!”

How will a Biden presidency differ from an Obama presidency? Not much, because I love him!

Palin: Well, yeah, we disagree on things. What do you expect with a team of Mavericks? Yes, I do disagree with him on ANWR, and I’m gonna keep pushing him on that. She winked again. I love her again.

I’m interested to see how Tina Fey plays her this week. She’ll probably overemphasize the winking, because that’s all she’s got.

“Say it ain’t so, Joe, there you go again!” “You prefaced your whole comment with ‘The Bush Administration.'”

For all the hubbub about Gwin Ifill’s conflict of interest, she has been very fair tonight, IMAO. I’d let her moderate another one, if she promised to perform like this.

Palin: “My ‘what does the vice president do’ comment was a lame attempt at a joke, and so, too, was yours, Joe [re: I don’t want to be vice president], and nobody got it. Nobody got mine either!”

Palin: how do you respond to lack of experience? Please mention Obama’s lack of experience. Pleeeeeease. She’s not. She’s going on about her own executive experience and also her experience as a real person. We represent equality, freedom, equal rights. Oh, by the way. Forgot to mention earlier. I was really glad when she mentioned that Iran and other threats kill women’s rights.

Biden: how do you respond to lack of discipline? By blahdeblahdeblahing and spinning, yo!

Palin: McCain has had to take on his own party. AND WE HATE HIM FOR IT! (That was me on that last part, not The Other Sarah.)

Shout out to Anne in the comments! Thanks!

Frank, did you call Palin precious? I’M PRECIOUS!

I don’t know what Biden just got all upset about. He was talking for soooooo loooooonnnnng. When will he stop? Now he’s trying to prove that he knows court cases. Snore.

LOL, Biden’s talking about being all bi. (Partisan.) McCain’s so bipartisan that we can’t stand him! He works with the other side way too much, but whatevs. Hopefully he’ll actually appoint good judges and we can hate him less.

Palin’s closing statement is first: I’m glad to get to talk to America without the tools of the main-stream media filtering everything I say. Suck it, MSM!

Biden: I’m tired. Can we go home yet? Where’s the bar?