Game Change Page #10

( Cell phone rings )

- This is Sarah.

- Track:
Hey, mom.

Hey, honey.

How are ya?

I'm good. I'm--

- i'm good, mom.

- Where are you?

Um, I'm not really

allowed to say.

Okay, sweetie,

but you're safe?

Yeah, no,

i'm fine, I'm fine.

I just wanted to wish you

a good debate.

Thank you.

- Did you study?

- I did.

A lot.

I'll be praying for you.

Please, I'll need it.

Come on, mom,

you're gonna do great.

- I love you.

- ( Helicopter hovering )

I love you so much, track.

- Man:
Fall in!

- I gotta go, mom.

No, no, no. Just--

just another minute.

No, I'm really sorry,

but I really gotta go.

You're gonna do

great tonight, okay?

Thank you, thank you, but,

sweetie-- sweetie, you be safe.

- ( Helicopter hovering )

- I will.

Bye.

You okay?

My son is safe.

My son is safe.

Well, what we are

going to see

is probably

the most anticipated

vice presidential debate

that I have covered ever.

A lot, a lot of pressure

on Sarah Palin.

As for Joe Biden,

it's sort of a,

first of all,

do-no-harm night for him.

No one has questioned

that he is qualified

to be vice president.

He needs to--

both of them,

need to talk about the top

of their tickets.

- ( Mouths words )

- After all, this isn't a race to be vice president

so much as it is

to be number two

to the top people

on the ticket.

On the Joe Biden side,

you will see

an effort to say,

"look, Sarah Palin..."

Hurry.

Pray with me.

What should we pray for?

Just pray that

we win the debate.

Mom, that would be cheating.

Okay.

We want to welcome

our viewers

in the United States

and around the world.

I'm wolf blitzer,

together with the best...

We've been waiting for this

night for a long time...

I did this same walk for

Geraldine ferraro in 1984.

Holy jeez, that's cool.

This is your toe mark.

Okay.

Two, pull back wide

on her entrance, please.

Ready, two.

And take two.

( Music playing )

Woman:
Good evening from

Washington university

in St. Louis, Missouri.

I'm Gwen ifill

of the "news hour"

and "Washington week"

on pbs.

Welcome to the first

and the only 2008

vice presidential debate

between the republican

nominee,

Governor Sarah Palin

of Alaska,

and the Democratic nominee,

Joe Biden of Delaware.

Tonight's discussion will cover

a wide range of topics,

including domestic

and foreign policy matters.

Each candidate

will have 90 seconds

to respond

to a direct question

and then an additional

two minutes

for rebuttal

and follow-up.

The specific subjects and

questions were chosen by me

and have not been

shared or cleared

with anyone on the campaigns

or on the commission.

The audience

here in the hall

has promised to remain

very polite--

no cheers, applause,

no untoward outbursts...

- Biden. Biden. Biden.

- ...Except right at this minute

as we welcome Governor Palin

and senator biden.

( Audience cheering )

Nice to meet you.

Hey, can I call you Joe?

You can call me Joe.

- Why-- why is the mic on?

- No, no, no, it's cool.

They're gonna think

it's some kind

of Machiavellian

Jedi power-play.

- ( All laugh )

- From your lips, Steve.

Gwen:

Welcome to you both.

The House of representatives

this week passed a bill,

a big bail-out bill--

or didn't pass it,

I should say.

The senate decided

to pass it

and the house is wrestling

with it still tonight.

Was this the worst of Washington

or the best of Washington

that we saw play out?

Thank you, Gwen, and I thank

the commission also.

I appreciate this privilege

of being able to be here

and speak with Americans.

Please, God, be kind.

You know, I think

a good barometer here

when we're trying to figure out

has this been a good time

or a bad time

in America's economy is...

Go to a kids' soccer game

on Saturday

and turn to any parent there

on the sideline and ask them,

"how are you feeling

about the economy?"

And I'll betcha

you're gonna hear

some fear in

that parent's voice...

She's doing great.

We've got 88 more minutes.

Sarah:
...Did we just take a major

hit with those investments?

There is something to be said

also for man's activities,

but also for the cyclical

temperature changes on our planet.

Gwen:
Senator, what is true and

what is false about the causes?

If you don't understand

what the cause is,

it's virtually impossible

to come up with a solution.

The chant is

"drill, baby, drill."

And that's what we hear

all across this country

in our rallies,

because people are so hungry

for those domestic

sources of energy

to be tapped into.

We will end this war.

For John McCain,

there is no end in sight

to end this war.

We will end this war.

Gwen:

Governor...

Um... your plan

is a white flag

of surrender

- in Iraq.

- Man:
Whoo! Yes!

( Applause )

Gwen:
Governor, please,

did you want to respond

to Senator McCain's

comments about healthcare?

Pivot. Pivot!

I'd like to respond about

the tax increases and...

- Man:
Yes!

- ( Cheering, clapping )

Darn right,

we need tax relief

for Americans so that jobs

can be created here.

Barack Obama

and senator o'biden,

you said no

to everything...

She just said o'Biden.

Biegun:
We're probably the

only ones that heard it.

It was Ronald Reagan

who said

that freedom is always

just one generation away

from extinction.

We don't pass it to our

children in the bloodstream.

We have to fight for it

and protect it,

and then hand it to them

so that they

will do the same.

We will fight for it.

And there is only

one man in this race

who has really ever

fought for you,

and that's Senator

John McCain.

( All cheering )

Mark:

Okay, here we go.

CBS instant poll

says undecideds

give the debate

to biden, 46%; Palin, 21.

F*** CBS and f***

their instant poll.

This is the greatest

debate victory

in the history

of the Republic.

Rick:
Okay!

You see? You just

had to be you.

Todd:

I'm gonna grab a beer.

- Want one?

- No.

Senator McCain wanted me

to congratulate you

on a fantastic debate.

- You really did a great job.

- Thanks.

Tell John I want to bring up

bill ayers and reverend Wright.

I think it's time

to go for the jugular.

Uh, you'll have to discuss

that with your running mate.

He made it very clear that he

doesn't want to touch Wright.

I'll talk to him about it.

We have to win this thing.

I so don't want to go

back to Alaska.

Hmm.

Stevie.

You know, I think the worst

of this thing might be over.

All she's got left

are speeches.

There's no more debates,

no major interviews.

Yeah. We're doing great.

This was an unbelievable win

for Sarah Palin.

In fact, I think that

it unveiled a level of skill

in communication that

I really have not seen

since Ronald Reagan.

She is a superstar.

- Her ability to by--

- ( Remote clicks )

And she sure is

a breath of fresh air.

I mean, I think people want

someone from

outside of Washington.

She sounded like the future.

Oh, come on, honey.

Why don't you

get some sleep?

- One sec, okay?

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