Peggy Noonan

Whether they think Sarah Palin or Joe Biden "won" last night's vice presidential debate, pundits and critics are in agreement about one thing: Governor Palin's wink was really important.

As Governor Palin told ABC News' Charlie Gibson, "You can't blink."

But she sure can wink.

After the jump, some takes on the gesture that launched a thousand op-eds:  read more »

Last night, Wall Street Journalist columnist and former presidential speech writer Peggy Noonan appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to talk about the elections and plug her new book, Patriotic Grace.  read more »

A Huffington Post luncheon at the Nicollet Island Inn earlier today explored how "the new media are impacting the '08 race." Hosted by Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, the panel was conducted like a TV show, the hosts agreeing with each other and sometimes talking over the panelists, who included Tony Blankley, Huffington, Laura Ingraham, David Kralik, Cyrus Krohn, and Peggy Noonan.

The hot topic for discussion was whether the Internet drove the Sarah Palin pregnancy story.

As in any media panel, discussion also touched on how to make people pay to visit web sites. "Usually the only people pay for online is porn," Huffington said. "And weird porn."