Yesterday I read the following article: Past Debates Show a Confident Palin.  With the opening sentence I realized that someone isn't on the same planet as nearly everyone else I speak with.  The Palin-Biden debate has got to be the most anticipated debate surrounding the presidential election in a couple decades.  Everyone I know is talking about it.  Most people, Palin supporters and detractors both, are saying that Biden is in big trouble and is likely to get totally decimated.  So I couldn't figure out why the author of that article said that tonight's debate is so under anticipated.  I can only guess that it's wishful thinking or a pre-emptive strike.  But, since I'm a conservative I'm rather open minded.  I was willing to acknowledge that the scope of my contacts is somewhat limited.  Maybe I was lucky and only ran into those few people who were interested in the debate.  That was until I read the news today.

Reading the news concerning the Republican Convention, especially the readers' comments on various articles, I'm getting the sense that either some Dems are panicing or it is just my imagination.  A week ago the criticisms that I saw bantered about were just the normal party politics and loyal soldiers on both sides firing little jabs and barbs at each other.  There was always the guy who popped out to call the other side stupid, lame, ignorant, etc.  And also the patriot who boldly states that the other side is simply going to ruin the country.  Up till now I was always seeing the same amount of hysteria and hyperbole coming from both sides.  Over the last few days the noise from the Dem side of the election has risen considerably.

If you've been reading my blog here then you will notice that I've been somewhat intrigued by this year's election.  Several months ago I indicated that Obama has a great chance to win because of several different factors.  None of those seemed to be because he had a lot of experience but instead were mostly image based.  Even still he is all about image with no substance.  Obama supporters, please don't take that as a criticism, it is just a fact.  He wants to make changes but he's not saying what or how.  There's nothing wrong with being an "idea guy" and that's not my point.  My point is that this election is a lot about image.