Andrew Halcro is someone who has debated Governor Sarah Palin previously. Based on his discussions about those debates, I wonder if he thinks Governor Palin is equivalent to Senator Barack Obama.
Palin is a master of the nonanswer. She can turn a 60-second response to a query about her specific solutions to healthcare challenges into a folksy story about how she's met people on the campaign trail who face healthcare challenges. All without uttering a word about her public-policy solutions to healthcare challenges.
That sure is my opinion of Barack Obama. Guru of the non-answer, that says everything and nothing all at once.
In one debate, a moderator asked the candidates to name a bill the legislature had recently passed that we didn't like. I named one. Democratic candidate Tony Knowles named one. But Sarah Palin instead used her allotted time to criticize the incumbent governor, Frank Murkowski. Asked to name a bill we did like, the same pattern emerged: Palin didn't name a bill.
I will give Obama credit. He does name bills. Just not one he really has anything to do with. Mostly, he votes present.
And when she does answer the actual question asked, she has a canny ability to connect with the audience on a personal level. For example, asked to name a major issue that had been ignored during the campaign, I discussed the health of local communities, Mr. Knowles talked about affordable healthcare, and Palin talked about ... the need to protect hunting and fishing rights.
Now that one IS unique to Governor Palin. She can connect with the common person. Barack Obama, however, is way above the common person.
-Colonel Steve
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