Biden v. Palin

I think Greg’s take on tonight’s debate is basically correct:

The anticipation for tomorrow night’s Palin/Biden debate feels like when you find yourself wanting to see a movie that you know won’t be as funny as the trailer. As much as I’d love to think that it’ll be a 90-minute trainwreck, I think we’re really looking at another Saturday Night Lie sketch that doesn’t work as a full movie. I’m not saying this in an effort to play the expectations game (although Palin’s rhetorical skills are so legendary, she makes Cicero look like a drunken stutterer trying to speak a foreign language). I’m just saying that the Palin interviews have been so ridiculous that there’s no way a heavily-structured debate can live up to the thrill of watching someone clearly out of their element answer questions in which the interviewer can ask follow-ups. Palin’s answers will be masterful in their level of bullshittery, but in a format that simply invites two candidates to take turns giving mini-speeches, the opportunities for her to choke will be few and far between.

Sarah Palin will probably end up being the beneficiary of the “soft bigotry of low expectations.”   As long as she doesn’t drool on herself, or accidently declare war against Great Britain or something, the press will probably call it a win for Palin.