Sarah Palin didn't do herself any harm, but she also seldom answered the questions directly, so she didn't do herself much good either. Biden was okay, didn't smack Palin around (figuratively, of course), and didn't bloviate much. All-in-all, a pretty boring experience. If you want a debate, put the two debaters (or is it debators?) in a room together in front of the camera with no moderator, and let them duke it out. In that format, you can't hide and you can't evade the questions. But that will never happen as long as the networks get to set the agenda.