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In anticipation of our latest vote on socialism, the news is somewhat quiet today.  Most of the talk centers around tomorrow night’s vice-presidential debate, which, personally, I am greatly looking forward to.  Here’s some thoughts:

Gwen Ifill

A lot has been made of the fact that Gwen Ifill, the debate moderator, has a book about Obama due out on election day.  The thought is that she has a huge financial stake in the outcome of the election, and, obviously, she will sell many more books if Obama is elected than if he fades back into the oblivion that he came from.  I agree that she has every reason to be biased and, probably, will be to some extent, but, let’s be honest, who from the mainstream media were they going to get that was going to be unbiased?  And, besides that, Joe Biden has already “won” the debate, right?  Can’t you already hear the leftists at CNN and MSNBC telling you how unprepared Gov. Palin was and how over-her-head she is.  So, does a biased moderator really matter?

Also, shouldn’t McCain have figured this out already?  Its not like she was trying to keep the book a secret.  That doesn’t take away the fact that the Commission on Presidential Debates should be able to do better on the unbiased moderator front, but its just another sign that the McCain campaign is, unfortunately, pretty well clueless.

Palin vs. Biden

Here’s an interesting read from a former Palin opponent who debated her over two dozen times in the last Alaskan gubernatorial election.  Its fairly dismissive of Gov. Palin, but it does state very clearly that Joe Biden is in trouble.  What he also states correctly though is her greatest strength:

she has a canny ability to connect with the audience on a personal level

Sen. Biden, if you haven’t noticed, doesn’t.

What’s more, if Biden starts off on his long-winded policy wonk stuff, she’s going to cut him off at the knees with a one-liner.  And Biden can’t really say anything tough to her, because then he’s going to be perceived as being mean-spirited.

For the gamblers…

I am setting the over-under on Joe Biden gaffes at three.  Seriously, this could get funny.  He’s gonna say something really stupid before its over.  I hope he calls her “Toots” or “Sugar” or something really sexist like that.

My Expectations

I expect Gov. Palin to do very well.  I believe this because, first of all, I think she is an impressive individual, much more knowledgeable than the Katie Couric’s of the world would have us believe.  Secondly, I think her “people connection” skills will help play well against Biden’s old-school politician skills.  Either way, its going to be extremely interesting…