Biden won the debate, no questions asked. Although to be honest I thought Palin would mess up completely, but she did OK although I do have a few complaints:
She strayed off the topic and never answered a question straight on. She often repeated catchphrases and facts as some other people in this thread have already pointed out. She seemed to just be reading a script that someone else wrote for her. She really didn't seem to know too much about what she was talking about although here one strong topic was energy. Although I suppose you have to know that being governor of Alaska.