Palin Survives

In last night's VP debate, Sarah Palin avoided any major catastrophe. While she often avoided answering difficult questions by switching to a subject she wanted to talk about, she didn't freeze up or say anything idiotic. I think it was a performance that saves her career and her place on the ticket but not strong enough to save the McCain-Palin campaign. The economic turmoil will doom McCain. However, she was good enough that she can maintain her support among many Republicans and social conservatives. Her performance in the Couric interviews was so bad that she was beginning to lose some of her conservative supporters (Rod Dreher, for example).