This BBC article does a great job summing up Nit Wit Palin’s considerable debating strengths and when you add the fact that Gwen Ifill will be 100% in Palin’s corner – this could be a tough night for Biden.
Here is a clip, but read the whole thing.
“The one thing I found during the [2006] debates was no matter how knowledgeable her opponents were on the issues, it didn’t matter,” Mr Halcro (a former debate opponent) told BBC News.
“She has an amazing ability to turn a 45 second answer into a folksy story… she’s never been forced to know the issues.”
Mr Halcro said Mrs Palin’s biggest strength is her ability to “fill the room with her presence”. (snip)
“There were many times the third candidate and I would walk off stage and shake our heads,” Mr Halcro said. “It wasn’t policy it was populism.”
Whatever it was, Mrs Palin beat her opponents, garnering 48% of the vote, while Democrat candidate Tony Knowles received 40% and Independent Halcro received 9%.
“I don’t think anyone could have beat her,” Mr Halcro said. “It wasn’t about how much she knew about the issues. People didn’t care about her experience, they just thought, ‘This is the drink of water we need’.”
With the bar placed so friggin low – she could kick ass.