Posted by Dave on 10/01/08 at 09:04:52 am
Categories: Campaign 2008

You have to love this opening sentence:

Not since Dan Quayle took the stage in 1988 have debate expectations for a major party candidate been as low as they will be on Thursday for Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska.

I predict that Sarah Palin will do better than expected.

The expectations have been set so low that they will be almost impossible to meet. But as the article goes on to say, maybe the expectations are wrong:

But a review of a handful of her debate performances in the race for governor in 2006 shows a somewhat different persona from the one that has emerged since Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, named Ms. Palin as the vice-presidential nominee a month ago.

Ms. Palin ... held her own in those debates.

Of course, the debates in Alaska will be quite different than the Vice President debate on the national stage.

But Palin will be okay in the debate. She will be well prepared for the expected questions. And Sen. Biden will have to be very careful in how he approaches the debate and how he frames his answers and attacks.

Sarah Palin is not ready to be Vice President of this country. That is pretty obvious. But I expect her to be ready to debate.

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