Comments on: What Sarah Palin Must Do

By: jchem

jchem — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:02:22 +0000

Elrod, did you mean Charles Gibson? John Gibson is the guy on FOX…

By: GeorgeSorwell

GeorgeSorwell — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:37:24 +0000

Palin will smile a lot. Since she doesn't remember policies too well, she'll memorize a bunch of soothing bromides, frightening scenarios (but she'll say them calmly!!!) and snappy retorts generic enough to get Biden no matter what he says.

She'll make no effort to chew gum while she recites them.

She'll be the comeback kid.

And McCain will thus become the comeback geezer.

By: DLS

DLS — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:05:37 +0000

Even though this is the big night and not only she, but likely McCain's campaign stands or falls by her performance, Elrod, I don't think she'll be surprisingly impressive. Biden, with all his gaffes, at least plugs Obama's huge foreign policy hole, and while he may say dumb things, I don't believe Biden would also _do_ dumb things. His gaffes may or may not hurt in the long run. (Much depends not only on whether Palin remains alive after tonight, but also how people feel about what the Obama campaign still needs to start calling the “Bush” and “Republican” economy.)

By: elrod

elrod — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:17:29 +0000

I think it's more than not blundering. She has a high bar to cross as a new figure on the national scene. It's much like what Obama has had to do: show the Hillary voters that Obama understood policy at an acceptable level.

By: DLS

DLS — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:11:30 +0000

Don't blunder.