To be honest I think the VP debate was at best a tie.
Cheney was playing hardball, and unlike Bush, he is capable of speaking in complete sentances and sounding like he knows what he is talking about. He hit hard and often, and of course since he doesn't care much about truth he had the advantage there. His line about "I've never met you before tonight," although a lie, was a particularly nasty shot that might have legs.
I don't think Edwards did badly, but I was annoyed a bit by how some of his foreign policy lines were almost verbatim repeats of what Kerry said last week - couldn't he at least have rephrased it a bit so he wasn't so obviously repeating talking points? I think he did better in the second half of the debate; he seemed more relaxed (it is not surprisng that he would be more comfortable discussing domestic policy issues). And his complementing Cheney for how his family has handled having a gay daughter was masterful. Cheney had absolutely nothing to say after it. Very nice.
Both sides will spin it as a win for their guy. We'll see what the CW says tomorrow.
