Republicans are elated with Sarah Palin's performance in the VP debate last night. On the Internet GOP diehards are celebrating the return of the "Barracuda." Whatever. She answered only 5 questions directly. The majority that she couldn't answer she simply dodged by talking about what she wanted to talk about or calling McCain a "maverick."

This flowchart is uncanny in predicting the Barracuda's responses from last night:

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2008/10/03/leaked_from_palins_debate_prep.html

Many Americans have taken part in debate clubs in middle or high school, including yours truly. If Palin had gone to a competition, she wouldn't have even placed. If she had been in debate class, she would've failed for failure to answer questions.