[Strangler Lewis]

Maybe Pat Buchanan isn't gay after all, since he loved her out of all proportion to her performance. Or maybe he's just overcompensating.

As has been said, she came across like the host of Morning Latte with the teleprompter on instead of with the teleprompter off, which it has been during her recent interviews. I don't think the canned performance last night did anything to erase the previous negative impressions, and I think the line about direct talk to the people vs. media filters made no sense.

Weird note on the subject of gay rights: She started to say something that I thought was going to be "some of my best friends are gay" but turned out to be "some of my best friends are homophobic bigots." They do appear to be going for the gay vote since I don't know who would be turned on by all this "I'm a maverick/He's a maverick" talk other than chaps wearing accountants on Folsom Street.

On the constitutional expansion issue, I don't think she was advocating anything. I think that was an area where she had no idea what she was talking about and crap just fell out of her mouth.

Biden did very well, although I was worried for a second during the final handshake that he was going to kiss her. Most importantly, I think Biden did a much better job of selling Obama and the Democrats than Palin did of selling McCain and the Republicans.

Her suit was beautiful.

I thought there was a weird vibe between the families on the platform at the end. I was worried the scene was going to go Springer.

I still say that's Bristol's baby.