My diagnosis of the debate is that Palin didn't make any horrible mistakes and also didn't demonstrate charisma that will upset the election.

It does scare me a bit to think of a President McCain reading My Pet Goat to schoolchildren and have Palin running the government while he is away during a huge national crisis. This is not far fetched, since it happened during the Bush administration, except it was Cheney in charge. And if the current administration's pattern continues for future Presidencies, huge national crises happen during every four-year term.