After Palin's lame attempt to recapture a memorable, endearing soundbite by doing a feeble imitation of a line from the 1984 debate, I was waiting for Biden to channel Lloyd Bentsen from 1988:

"I new Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan was a friend of mine. Madame, you're no Ronald Reagan."

Of course, I knew he wouldn't go for such low-hanging fruit, but maybe Keith Olberman can do it after the fact.

And, much as I blame Reagan's policies for a lot of the dowslide to disaster we've been on since 1981, Sarah Palin IS no Ronald Reagan. (Thank goodness!)   She's had two major high-visibility chances to come across as "folksy" in a friendly, compassionate, non-divisive way, and both times she's basically drawn a line in the sand and said "Our side good. Their side bad." She comes across as totally dismissive of the opposing party, twisting the facts and lying about them, even while (in the debate) spouting the mantra of "getting beyond politics" and "working across the aisle."    Ronald Reagan - unfortunately for us, I think - had an amazing ability to make people who seriously disagreed with his policies THINK he was their friend. His policies could be stabbing you in the back but it was hard NOT to like him.   I don't see that in Palin. At least not in her snide, divisive, wisecracking performances at the RNC and the debate with Biden.