This article doesn't fully explain the situation. Palin had no idea what the Bush Doctrine is.

Gibson's asking her if she agrees does not demand nuance. She had a "moose in the headlights look." He literally had to define the doctrine for her.

It takes more than snark and staring across the ocean to Russia to actually be qualified to lead the country.

you missed the bigger point..she DIDNT KNOW what the bush doctrine is...she had no idea until he explained it...wake up america..

she's not 'unclear', she has no idea what the 'bush doctrine' even is! This is extremely scary.
Please wake up America before it's too late!

YOU GOTTA LOVE PALIN IN ALL HER QUARKY IGNORANCE. WE ALL SEE WHY THE GOP TRIED TO KEEP THEIR OWN GOODY TWO-MOOSE IN A SHELTERED CRANNIE, TO AVOID EXPOSURE FROM THOSE "LIBERAL ELITIST MEDIA FOLK" WHO ARE TOO LIBERAL TO KNOW ANYTHING THATS HAPPENING IN THE "REAL WORLD"

HAHA... YOU GOTTA LOVE THIS RIGHT WING CHICK! OBAMA 08'

I don't disagree that Palin did not understand the term. But who actually does? Look it up in Wikipedia. The term "Bush Doctrine" is a broad term that has had several meanings in the past 8 years. It is reasonable that it would take a few seconds for Gibson to clarify exactly what it was that he was asking.

David Gergen on CNN even said that most journalists wouldn't know what the term meant.

Oooooh, chortle, chortle. This was it...the "potatoe" moment. The are you smarter than a fifth grader moment. The moose caught in the headlights moment. But there were others. I predict she'll be off the ticket before another week passes.

The sad part is that she's smart and she was bad! not good for a pitbull...
Sad day in this country, when the folks running for office don't know the polocies out there, and then to say we would go to war with Russia, the republicans sure love war, what happened to diplomacy fisrt?...

PALIN ISNT EVEN THE REAL MISS ALASKA...
A WOMAN WHO SUPPORTS OBAMA IS... BUT I GUESS PALIN LIKES STEALING TITLES.... MISS ALASKA----AGENT OF CHANGE.... WELL YOU GET THE IDEA.

OBAMA 08'

There is no singular "Bush Doctrine", as in the Monroe Doctrine. If you believe that there is an agreed upon definition of the "Bush Doctrine", you're not as intelligent as you think.

it is funny that left tried like her to bush third term and yet she does not know bush doctrine.

Seriously now... How many of you liberals knew that you disagreed with the "Bush Doctrine" before this interview???

"Do you agree with the Bush doctrine?" is a very sarcastic questions

At least she did not say, that's not what I meant.

coke man, sorry, didn't know you were a teacher!

It makes sense because she is not the 3rd Bush, right?

Women are crossing over to Palin, but they are just getting warmed up.

Osama bin Biden is toast.

I DIDNT KNOW BUSH AND OBAMA HAD THE SAME DEALER???? HMMM (CHUCKLE CHUCKLE)

PALIN JUNKIES ARE THE BEST... YOU GUYS ARE THE TYPE OF PEOPLE I LIKE TO PATRONIZE ABOUT POLITICS AT WORK.... ITS FUNNY HOW ANGRY AND DETACHED YOU BECOME WHEN YOU HEAR THE FACTS ABOUT YOUR TICKET.

OBAMA 08'

If a man(Terrorist)walked into your home (Country) and murdered your family and then is witnessed walking into your neighbors house, should the police (military) have the right to go into the house and get him? Should they be allowed to use force? Should my neighbor be allowed to protect him? I think you need to look no further than the laws that apply to every american citizen to to find your answers.

Bitter, nervous, angry and defensive. Good pick, John.

I thought Palin was being coached by Bush's advisers, like Steve Biegun, who served as a former staff member of Bush's National Security Council.

Shouldn't they have explained this to her? But maybe they assumed that as a Republican she already knew?

Or maybe they just told her, when in doubt, repeat over and over, "radical Islamic extremists".

XIO.... THATS CAUSE SHES STUPID.

How can ABC not know how to summarize this moment of its own interview. Clearly the term "Bush doctrine" was wholly new to her. He asked her multiple times, even asking her at one point what she understood it to mean. Her response? His "world view."

It was only after Gibson defined the doctrine for her that she gave the wishy washy answer. Unbelievable that ABC isn't reporting this aspect of the only interview they're allowing her to do.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/09/10/article-1054101-029A7F1200000578-189_468x597.jpg

Apparently, even Barrack "Jim Jones" Osama understands the dynamics of the debate has changed...

After her comments about the Iraq War being the work of God, it is further proof that this woman is a liar. More than that, she is a know-nothing who needs a lot more prepping before she can be let loose on her own. Apparently she is like George W. Bush who takes his orders directly from God. Scary Sarah is truly unprepared and unqualified. She all set to start WWIII - if God tells her its the right thing to do. McCain has put at risk the long term stability of this country by bringing this wingnut into the election. He has made a mockery of the electoral process. Palin must be rejected for the sake of future generations and for the entire world. Shoot First is not an acceptable policy in a nuclear world. She is another Goldwater.

The Bush Doctrine is a phrase. Since it has Bush's name on it, nobody really knows what it is. Look at all the Obama people thinking this has got to be the thing that makes people who are never in their life going to vote for Obaba vote for Obama. Wishful thinking.

You can see Russia from Alaska??

Boy, she sure hit that one out of the park.

Matt, it would be hard to sit and have a dinner conversation with you.

The hockey mom with lipstick will take us to war with Russia. She scares the hell out of me!!!

NO KITTY.... MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARENT TRULLY RELLIGIOUS NUTS OR BITTER NRA MEMBERS... ARE JUST BIGGOTS... FLAT OUT... BUT HE HOPES TO REACH THE MAJORITY OF DECENT AMERICANS WHO WANT A BETTER NATION FOR ALL AND OUR FUTURE AMERICANS.

The "Bush Doctrine" is a pejorative term, coined by pseudo-intellectuals hell-bent on deriding a shoot-first approach to attacking terrorism. Funny that Charlie would believe that it is common parlance. Do you think the President thinks he has a doctrine? Charlie, why don't you ask him?

Actually, Sarah Palin was correct to ask Charlie Gibson, "what aspect of it?" in regards to the Bush Doctrine.

According to Wikipedia:

The Bush Doctrine is a phrase used to describe various related foreign policy principles of United States president George W. Bush, enunciated in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The phrase initially described the policy that the United States had the right to treat countries that harbor or give aid to terrorist groups as terrorists themselves, which was used to justify the invasion of Afghanistan.[1] Later it came to include additional elements, including the controversial policy of preventive war, which held that the United States should depose foreign regimes that represented threat to the security of the United States, even if that threat was not immediate (used to justify the invasion of Iraq), a policy of supporting democracy around the world, especially in the Middle East, as a strategy for combating the spread of terrorism, and a willingness to pursue U.S. military interests in a unilateral way.[2][3][4] Some of these policies were codified in a National Security Council text entitled the National Security Strategy of the United States published on September 20, 2002.[5]

I bet if Charlie had asked her about the National Security Strategy of the United States she would have known what he was talking about. He should have just said that when she asked for clarity.

I have respected Charlie Gibson for many years as a journalist, but I must say I am disappointed in how he interviewed Sarah Palin. It was like he was deliberately showing favoritism to Barack Obama. I haven't heard him ask these kinds of questions to Obama. I doubt many people knew what he was saying when he asked about the Bush Doctrine! Was he talking about all of Bush's policies? He did not clarify what he was asking until he deliberately tried to make her look stupid, which she is not. I watched the whole interview,not just the snippets. I have been a Democrat for many years. I actually was supporting Hillary for President. However, since Obama does not present a solid clear plan for anything other than "change" I cannot support him. Of course this country wants change after George W Bush. But unless I know a solid defined plan, give me credit for my intelligence Obama; I will not support him. Sarah Palin handled herself well and very articulately. I listen to Obama and he does speak well, but he doesn't actually articulate what he stands for. As for you, did you know what the Bush Doctrine was? Or did you like me figure it was all of Bush's policies? Good job Sarah, I am glad John McCain picked you!

WOOW! JOHN IS REALLY REACHING FOR SOMETHING... WAY TO SUPPORT YOUR PARTY JOHN. LOL

McCain's campaign has jumped the barracuda.

Stick a fork in it.

The fat lady is singing.

This is what lipstick on a pig looks like.

SAY GOODNIGHT, JOHN.

BUH-BYE.

IKNOW PATRICIA... HE SHOULD HAVE JUST ASKED HER WHAT MOOSE HUNTING IS LIKE AND WHAT HER FAVORITE SHADE OF LIPSTICK IS.... YOU CANT BE SERIOUS.

I'm sorry to disappoint you, but even here in backwoods Oklahoma we knew what Charlie meant about the Bush doctrine. It means that it's ok to do a pre-emptive strike. It was a HUGE change in our entire history of foreign policy. It should be something all Americans have thought about because it's our kids that have to go to fight those pre-emptive wars. To sum up: Afghanistan- classical enemy that struck us first and deserved to be obliterated. Japan, Germany, etc- classical enemies that attacked us first. Iraq- whole new ballgame. But our "watchdog of the people"- the media- prefers lipstick and dead starlets to boring old foreign policy discussions. And we the people will keep doing the same thing over and over and getting results until we decide we've had ENOUGH.

Relax everybody, she did fine. No mistakes.

TIMEIS, it'll be OK. Relax. I know you think this is what he wants. Others of us know better. SO, it's still your wishful thinking. You can slap lipstick on it and call it a duck, but it's still wishful thinking.

It is amazing isn't it? The Obama Doctrine that is. Such a powerful force that none can refute. So clear that even a child can understand. What is it you ask? Change. Nothing more nothing less, just change.

So you'll have to pardon those of us who need more than just the one word to define their world view.

BY THE WAY... I SEE NOTHING WRONG WITH ENJOYING A FEW HELPINGS OF MOOSE CARCASS A WEEK... JUST SAYIN HOCKEY MOM WHO TAKES PRIDE IN HER LIPSTICK COLLECTION ANDF A HOLLY WAR WHICH COULD "MAYBE" INVOLVE RUSSIA... LOST ME THERE SWEETIE.

OBAMA 08'

I find it completely beyond comprehension how people can see anything other than the fact that Sarah Palin didn't have any idea of what she was talking about. Especially about the Israel questions. Her answer was the same every time. No wonder she wsa kept sequestered from the press. She doesn't have all of her answers memorized. They only prepped her on one answer about Israel. This is crazy. I am so disappointed in McCain picking a running mate like this. I truly respect him but at his age his chances of living through his term are what? One in three? I'm not willing to take that chance. She's a nut case.

Everyone who pays any attention knows what the "Bush Doctrine" is. Even my mom does, and she doesn't have a clue when it comes to politics. This is incredibly alarming to me. She had no freakin clue.

BEING CONTENT WITH THIS COUNTRY IN ITS CURRENT STATE IN 2008 IS TREASON WITHIN ITSELF!... I THOUGHT THE REPUB PARTY WAS THE PATRIOTIC PARTY????

Even the Left doesn't think it is a euphemism for pre-emptive war.

"The Bush Doctrine was developed in response to the attacks of September 11th and was based on one simple premise: good vs. evil embodied as ‘us vs. them’. Anyone who supported terrorism by harboring, financing, feeding or being complicit was a terrorist. The time had come where every nation had to choose sides, either you are with us in rooting out terror or you are against us."

"A Short History of the Bush Doctrine"
April 9, 2002
By Eric Munoz
Democratic Underground

THANKS BECKY.... THAT COMMENT WAS REFRESHING!

She's running for the local Chamber of Commerce, right?

NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME.

JUMPED THE BARRACUDA.

IN OVER HER HEAD.

SAY GOODNIGHT, JOHN!

Buh-bye.

Actually, there is a Bush Doctrine. It's not made up. There was a Clinton Doctrine, a Reagan Doctrine, a Ford Doctrine, etc. etc. etc. I think it goes all the way back to FDR if you want to look it up.

The "Doctrine" is a pithy collection of a president's overall positions regarding foreign policy. It's not a new term, and certainly not one made up by the media. It's used by pundits and politicians as shorthand for a president's general policy stance.

Political jargon? Yes. But if you're running for VP, it's something you should at least be aware of. And Palin's response definitely indicated that she wasn't aware. Pretty bad when it's a central tenet of your own party's policy platform. . .

Both Obama and Biden are on the ropes. Biden is so shook up about

having to debate Sarah that he asked a crippled man to stand up at a

rally. What an imbarrassment to the nation. Biden later wanted to give up

to Hillary and let her be the veep. He is scared to death and it shows.

Obama can't get it out of his head. Listen to

him...um...err...uh....um....err....uh...um.....err.....uh......um

......err......uh.....um......um......uh.....er..... This is how a chosen one

speaks??? I'm sure it will clear after he parts the water and heals the

earth.

Will someone please inform the president that he has a singular doctrine? I don't think he knows. Charlie will tell him what it is. Of course, if Charlie had listened to NPR the last few years, he would have learned that the intelligentsia now uses the term to cover everything they hate about Bush's foreign policies. Sorry, Charlie. You have to give up your liberal card.

Thank u Charlie and million of Americans i believe will do the same Mccan playing with my life and millions of Americans. This might be a nice lady with a nice family but i already had to deal with the bush politcs for 8 years.She don't get it.Eight is Enough

It was pretty obvious Palin wasn't clear about what the Bush Doctrine is
but does Charlie? Most foreign policy wonks agree with a preemptive strike where there's imminent threat but the biggest criticism of the Bush Doctrine is that it's preventive rather then preemptive. I don't think McCain has even given a clear answer on the Bush Doctrine to date. While she may not exactly know what the Doctrine was in this circumstance what was clear is that she's quick and sharp. You can guarantee she probably knows it better then anyone within the next couple days and probably will even know (if she doesn't know already) about the Carter Doctrine. Obama has minimal experience in foreign policy since he squandered the one opportunity he's had to get it in the US Senate because he decided to run for President. What Obama does have, in fact his primary experience for President, is almost two years of campaigning for President and answering question after question on issues like the one's presented to Palin today. His campaigning for President has actually made him more Presidential because he certainly didn't into it with much behind him. Actually, on the Bush Doctrine question people should be happy she stuck to preemptive rather the Bush's preventive strikes.

To My Fellow Republicans Voters. I AM A FEMALE, and I approve of the following comments! Thank you Charlie for exposing Sarah Palin’s inexperience. She has absolutely no knowledge or experience to lead this great nation, this great county, the United States of America. She did not know what the Bush policy is! She stated that “she can see Russia”! Because one can see Russia, does not qualify her to be VP. GIVE ME A BREAK!!! She was squirming. She was repeating some of Senator’s Obama’s proposals, not what the republicans and John McCain are speaking. She was confused. John McCain and Sarah Palin will drive this country in the ground. They are not in agreement. How can two work together if, they can not agree with each other??? I did not understand where she stood on Israel, the economy, the war, global warming and/or the environment. She side stepped back and forth. Absolutely no straight answer was provided for the American voters.

I never knew that Bush had a specific doctrine either. I think the Obamabots just made the doctrine up.

hey John, patricia & Okiemom...how are we self-righteous liberal blowhards supposed to get our cute & clever little jabs in if you're taking up all the space with your mini-novels?

I love how everyone on here is acting like they knew what specific Bush Doctrine Gibson was even talking about.

And yet for all your brilliance, you, like me, are sitting here on abcnews.com reloading a website -- far away from anything that really makes a difference.

Geniuses.

McCain has not only helped in destroying the country but this woman's once promising career. I'm so disgusted that I am leaving the Republican party for good. McCain and his handlers have destroyed the party to profit off of war and the wall st./banking ponzi schemes while the taxpayers who are laid off or downsized get to foot the bill. I am sick of the GOP. And beyond disgusted with the assistance in which the democrats gave Bush in acquiescing in EVERY SINGLE THING Bush wanted to destroy our military, our economy, our constitution, and our respect in the eyes of the world. Bush, Cheney, Pelosi, Reid, are ALL responsible. And McCain and Obama want to continue to lead this train wreck. McCain into Iran. Obama back into Afghanistan/Pakistan AND Iran. While we bailout the criminals on Wall St. by privatizing and protecting their profits and socalizing there losses on us the taxpayers. And this is supposed to be a "free market" AND a republic. Forget it. China is our banker, all we produce is debt, while we consume cheap goods and services while destroying the middle class and weakening our job market and national security with lawbreaking non-citizens. Who at best drag down our economy, and at worst bankrupt our social services/health care system while not even bothering to assimulate themselves to learn enough to speak the language or even become lawful citizens. We are on the same path that brought down Russia and is bringing Europe and Ireland to it's knees economically. And our representatives do... NOTHING!!! Why don't you floks vot them out while you still have taht luxury. Or better yet RUN against them. At least YOU care about your well being and that of your communities. Cause god knows these fools don't give a rats about your or your children's future. (With a 9 TRILLION dollar debt!) Folks, it's time to wake up. While there is still a country left to save.

YES ABC THANK YOU MR. GIBSON.
EXACTLY LIKE HOW WE ALL THOUGHT PALIN WOULD DO. YES PALIN NEEDS, TO BE, AGAIN NEEDS TO BE, EXPOSED, I THINK THINGS ARE JUST TOO IMPORTANT TO SHUT UP THIS TIME. OH WOW TO HAVE HER AS PRESIDENT?
TELL ME THE JOKE IS ON THE REPUBLICANS OR WHO EVER, SUPPORTS PALIN AND MCCAIN.
HE IS CRAZY WITH DESIRE TO NOT SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY WITH PALIN BY MCCAINS SIDE.
THANK YOU TO ABC FOR DOING YOUR JOB AND IN REALITY PROTECTING ALL PEOPLE OF THE PLANET. MAYBE SOME ANIMALS TOO NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT.
JUST AS WE ALL THOUGHT. PLEASE DO NOT LET THIS GOP PULL THE WOOL OVER OUR EYES AGAIN. EVER. I AM SO DISGUSSTED BY THE JOKE TO THIS WENCH OF A PERSON, PALIN I MEAN. FORGET RESPECT.
I WILL TELL THEM IF NO ONE ELSE WILL.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME ABC
SHIMA COODY-POSEY

I thought Sarah Palin did great with ALL those tough questions that Charlie should had asked of Barrack Obama! Geez, give the VP the hard line questions, would you. Barrack hasn't answered any of these questions. By the way, did you see Obama's little act tonight. He never answered the questions directly. Palin did answer her questions directly. She's has more grit than Obama. She wasn't about to bash President Bush. She told him the same thing Bush believes in. She answered the questions truthfully. She will protect the constitution more so than Barrack. He's on the TOP of the ticket but they are running against her. Too funny. Charlie was like an angry professor who was not about to accept his student into the group. Why do men always treat women so badly when they know the woman is smart. He look so bitter while he was trying to trick her. He just made the country more divided. He was not acting professional. He took part of her wording out when she remarked about we can be successful at war when you stay with God's plan and not to be on God's side. He twisted that. They just do so hate the importance of God because if God is accepted, then comes morality and they cannot have that or there would be no special groups or victims for the liberals to parade out and use for their power. She did great standing up to this rude interviewer. I don't know why people think he's so great. He's so out of touch and bias. Many of us could see him trying to belittle her because she's a conservative woman. The liberal media is causing so much hatred throughout the country. Free press, you want, but not the press to use it's power as a platform to set policies for the country. Palin, did great. Charlie, very disappointed in seeing your rude side and bias.

The problem for Palin is that if you take the GPS unit away and she gets one block off of the route - it starts to get entertaining.

Even my sister, who's taking AP US History in high school, knows what the Bush doctrine is. It's expected of someone who's running for the Second Highest Office in the Land to know what the Bush doctrine is, and not have a reporter hand-feed the definition.

She basically danced around all the questions, because she doesn't have a political ideology in international relations. She's basically recycling McCain's own lines.

Charlie Gibson should've asked Palin "Do you know what exactly your son will be fighting for in Iraq?" That would've stumped her completely, lest she says some irrelevant line about "protecting America."

She basically said, Charlie I don't know squat about international matters, I am from a state with oil and that is going to be my calling. If McCain bites the big one, we are in a world of hurt. Please don't elect that fool.

Old Charlie just exposed himself as a idiot lefty.....It's not like Palin is an attorney taught how to lie (like Obama/Biden) or is a Washington Insider (like Obama/Biden) that lies for living--she did good. She gave good answers that only made it very clear that she was intelligent, but not a spin doctor....I identify with her and have lost all respect for Old Charlies stupid game. I predict his very low rating already will be going lower.

Waah Actually there was no Clinton Doctrine. Clinton chose to go with experience vs. doctrine and felt that deeds mattered more then words and despite pressure to have one rebuffed it. The conservatives felt this showed weakness and indecision on his part and George W felt CLinton not developing a foreign policy framework helped squander US influence. Bush towards the end of his Presidency has even been moving more away from his own doctrine in a manner more similar to Clinton's approach in that it's more multilateral and tailoring solutions to specific challenges. This no doubt has to do with the fact that his doctrine worked out oh so well.

Nate,
I have been a Republican all of my life. My parents would roll over in their graves if they even thought I was thinking about voting for a Democrat. I was in love with the thought a Republican woman was chosen as VP nominee. I started having doubts when she was never allowed to give a TV interview. All the speculations going on would have been answered with an interview and possibly stopped all of it. All I heard from the McCain side was how the media were cutting her down. Now, I see why. She has no clue. She has inkling about any foreign policy whatsoever. It's apparent in her interview. Watch her lips. She was even mad at times. I suppose it was because she didn't know the answer because nobody had told her what to do if the question was asked differently and more indepth. I hate to say it but Obama has just gotten my vote. I am so disheartened by her. They better do a major cram before the VP debates. Otherwise, she is going to get creamed.

WHAT DO RIGHT WINGERS STAND FOR EXACTLY... FOX NEWS IS THE BEST THING THAT HAPPENED TO YOU GUYS... A WHOLE NETWORK DEDICATED TO GIVING THOSE IGNORANT FOLKS A TALKING POINT TO REPEAT OVER AND OVER UNTILL THEIR HEADS FINALLY EXPLODE FROM MISSINFORMATION OVERLOAD... OH BOY! I CANT WAIT FOR THE DEBATES... THIS IS GONNA BE HILLARIOUS!

OBAMABOT APROVED! LOL

OBAMA IS NOT READY TO BE PRESIDENT.

-- signed: JOE BIDEN, HILLARY CLINTON, JIMMY CARTER.

Plain, simple, TRUTH, a message you can go to the bank with.

thank you everyone, and good night!

LOL!

Obama..57 states! Really smart.

Wow!!! palin does not even know what pre-emptive strike means. I understand why she has changed school six times in colleges. She has a lot to explain us. We don't think, she is one of us.

IDIOT LEFTY?????

WOOOOOW! IF HE IS AN IDIOT.... THEN PALIN IS AN IIIIIIIIDDDDDDIIIIIIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT X 9 TO THE 16TH POWER.

AAAWWW MAN! I HOPE OBAMA GETS IN!

Palin is a joke...she sounded like a dumb drunk blond girl that would say non the least "do" what it takes to get out of a speeding ticket. The way she didn't answer any of the questions directly. The way she tried to look so intelligent covering up for her speech she gave in church and saying she was repeating Abraham Lincoln. That is almost an insult and didn't make any sense. She is full of crap and you can tell she can't come up with anything on her own to be intelligent. Palin needs it written for her to address it just like bush. The moment they forget a line, they stutter for words. In a war where countries are involved, you can't use nuclear weapons and risk ANY countries lives, then say "oh, we were just aiming at the terrorists". That's where she couldn't answer the question about crossing the lines. "DuH!!"

Palin is a joke...she sounded like a dumb drunk blond girl that would say non the least "do" what it takes to get out of a speeding ticket. The way she didn't answer any of the questions directly. The way she tried to look so intelligent covering up for her speech she gave in church and saying she was repeating Abraham Lincoln. That is almost an insult and didn't make any sense. She is full of crap and you can tell she can't come up with anything on her own to be intelligent. Palin needs it written for her to address it just like bush. The moment they forget a line, they stutter for words. In a war where countries are involved, you can't use nuclear weapons and risk ANY countries lives, then say "oh, we were just aiming at the terrorists". That's where she couldn't answer the question about crossing the lines. "DuH!!"

@ patricia

Obama's change means...

-Universal health care.
-Not just acknowledge that global warming exists but take action to reduce it through alternative energy sources, hybrid cars, etc.
-Create green collar jobs.
-Invest in our infrastructure, also creating jobs.
-End the war in Iraq. Focus on Afghanistan.
-Restore our position on the world stage.
-Truly invest in education so we can compete with China. Increase teacher pay, merit pay.
-Will separate out the social security fund so those funds are not used to balance the federal budget, as is currently the case.
-Restore sanity to Wall Street by bringing back oversight.
-Tax cuts for all, except for those making over $603,403 a year.
-End tax benefits to companies who ship jobs overseas.
-End the corporate tax loopholes.
-Shut down Guantanamo Bay.
-Finally pass a bill to create equal pay for equal work.
-Raise the minimum wage, indexing it to the inflation rate.
-Diplomacy vs. saber-rattling.
-Secure loose nuclear materials.
-End the practice of lobbyists writing our laws.
-And on those awful earmarks, disclose the name of legislators who ask for earmarks and require a written justification within 72 hours before they will be approved by the Senate.
-end subsidies to oil and gas companies who have had record profits.
-windfall profits tax on oil companies with a $1000 energy rebate to taxpayers. Which is the same thing Palin has done in Alaska. Alaskans normally get a yearly check for $2000 but this year it will be $3200 because of the windfall profits tax she imposed on oil companies in her state.

I could go on but you can go to Obama's web site. It's all there. McCain's web site doesn't even address the issue of social security.

so she isn't familiar with the Bush doctrine, isn't that the idea? Bringing in somebody fresh, outside, and not tainted by the Washington's politic? I thought we don't want another 4 years of Bush.

This is unreal, now the liberals who claim Bush lied and is a fraud claim they are experts on his national security policy LOLOLOLOL! They hate the repubs unless they can use them for their own gain! Too funny.

I wish he would ask Barack Obama the same questions because I know he would have known the answers. She didn't and doesn't. Does anybody use their real names on here? I have. Let's be honest here. How does anybody know that one person isn't putting the pro-Palin comments on here? Surely not that many people could be so stupid. We all saw the same thing.

Sarah Palin demonstrated thru the interview that she is nowhere near being ready to be VP!

She is so dumb! She didn't even know the doctrine of the other dummy, GWB. How can she lead? She has been a governor for less than 2 years with a State that has a total of a little over 600,000 people!

She was voted in with 113,000 votes! How in the hell can you be a leader? Barack Obama has dealt with more people in one City (Chicago over 5 million) than this woman has with her entire State!

She got stuck on 'repeat' a few times... the record skipped on several occasions... she didn't stop talking in the middle of a sentence... perhaps she should've. She nervously rambled, spouting gems about 'the Iraq' and 'King Putin.' She's in it to win it, folks. Have your cyanide pills ready.

MikeMike Obama has 300 foreign policy advisors so I think McCain can round up a couple hundred for her. Also, most of Obama's actual experience around foreign policy has come from answering questions continually on foreign policy on the campaign trail. Just recently Obama screwed up and didn't seem to even know the Russian's had veto power in the UN when Obama recommended such in the Georgia/Russia situation. This was her first interview what was his excuse?

Wow, Palin is toast now. No more interviews will be allowed, and then the debate moderators will eat her alive at the debate, given her lack of knowledge about everything- Biden can just sit back and watch. It's over