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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 3, 2008, Winnipeg, Manitoba C m y k Page a4 a 4 Winnipeg free press Friday october 3, 2008 top news Winnipeg repress. Com 1 888 207 8311 1459 Regent ave. Wow. Par Pontiac. Ca hours Mon. Tue. 9 9, wed. Sat. 9 6 dealer permit # 1319 $ 3,197 cob on $ 10,000 Over 84 myths. @ 7.69%. Petro Canada Gas card. 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Palin whose disastrous interviews with a bsds Katie Couric have been dogging her for the past week spoke clearly and forcefully in Short question and answer segments during the first half hour of the debate in St. Louis against Joe Biden Barack of amass running mate. I May not answer the questions the Way you or the Moderator May want me to but i am going to talk straight to the american people Palin looking directly at the camera said in the midst of a verbal clash with Biden about her insistence that her democratic rivals were tax Happy. Biden known for being Gaffe prone himself was measured eloquent and polite toward Palin who started out the debate hardening Back to her working mom Persona As she told of talking to other parents about Wall streets financial meltdown. Go to a kids soccer game on saturday and turn to any parents on the sidelines and ask them How they feel about the Economy. And i betcha you re going to hear some fear she said adding that Mccain was the candidate a hons looking out for their Best interests. Her onstage performance was peppered with the kind of modest Dow Home language that so wooed republicans at the part yes convention in Minnesota five weeks ago. Can i Call you Joe she asked Biden beaming As they Shook hands before the debate kicked off. At one Point she made reference to Joe six pack and remarked darn right we need tax Relief for americans so that jobs can be created Here. Political junkies and everyday citizens alike had waited with bated breath for the face off eager to see if Palin would defy her critics with a solid performance or whether the eyed be subjected to another cringe worthy series of nonsensical musings that have made her the butt of jokes around the world. Expectations for the Alaska governor chosen five weeks ago by Mccain As his running mate have been lower following the Couric interviews while Biden was also feeling the heat. He was counselled to tread with care if he treated Palin too harshly head be accused of being a bully but if he was too gentle with her he might come across As patronizing. The verbose Biden also had to rein in his own tendency to verbal gaffes and missteps. Palin caused a Bounce in the polls to Mccain in the first two weeks after his Surprise pick of the self described hockey mom. In the Days following the Republican convention and palings spirited speech at the event the party claimed it had snagged one in five disgruntled Hillary Clinton backers who were furious at the Way they Felt the Obama Campaign had treated their candidate. The republicans reported thursday that the party raised almost us 66 million in september setting a record. The haul served As a reminder that despite palings slip ups Sheds brought Money and Energy to the Republican party. Nonetheless a number of new polls Are suggesting women Are flocking Back in Large numbers to Obama. I just want to see if she can connect with people again if the people handling her and coaching her Are finally going to let her be herself again Brooke Anderson 24, a journalism graduate student at Depaul University in Chicago said thursday. Some female observers have been far More damning toward Palin. Emily Bazelon wrote on slate. Com that she fears palings poor performance on the National stage could even set women Back in political circles. Laugh at the Tina Fey parodies that make Palin ridiculous just by quoting her verbatim. And then cry she wrote. When Palin tanks its Good for the country if you want Obama and Biden to win but its bad for the future of women in National politics. Sheds yanking us Back to the old Assumption that women cant Hack it at these Heights. The Canadian press Palin steadies ship in debate veep showdown Short on gaffes by Lee Anne Goodman i May not answer the questions the Way you or the Moderator May want me to. Alaska gov. Sarah Palin j. Scott Applewhite / the associated press Alaska gov. Sarah Palin the Republican vice presidential nominee responds to a question during thursday evenings debate with democratic rival senator Joe Biden. A _ 04_ oct 03 08. Ind a4 1 0/ 2/ 08 9 56 22 pm ;