Simply put, he knows too much for snappy hockey-mom images and I-put-it-on-eBay sound bites as answers to serious questions. Three decades of real experience will weigh him down in what viewers expect to be a mud-wrestling match.
What to do? Joe Biden is caught between the devil (looking mean by showing up Sarah Palin’s ignorance) and the deep blue sea (appearing to be an elitist know-it-all by ignoring her and giving serious responses on policy issues).
In a political moment when America is faced with economic tragedy, the Vice-Presidential debate tonight is set up to be a farce, and Biden seems to know it.