From upper left: SARAH PALIN (www.johnmccain2008.com), GWEN IFILL (AP photo) and JOE BIDEN (AP photo).
Gov. Sarah Palin will safely exceed expectations by coming up with some original answers to at least a couple of questions, and probably a good ‘zinger or two. Voters will like her again, like they did after her convention speech. But it will be obvious when she’s forced to retreat to talking points.
Sen. Joe Biden will work hard to avoid any stupid gaffes, which means he won’t be as passionate as he can be in a stump speech. Don’t look for recycled talking points, but all of Biden’s hard punches will be directed at John McCain as the head of the ticket, not Palin.
Moderator Gwen Ifill will ignore the tempest in the teapot of the past couple of days and do her typically efficient job of managing the debate. The McCain camp attacking Ifill doesn’t make sense to me because Ifill never tries to make this type of forum about her. She’s not going to try to embarrass Palin or Biden, but give both candidates an equal opportunity to make their best case for the voters.
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