It’s probably true that with no major gaffes or wins on either sie tonight, a stalemated debate registers as a win for Obama.
This is bad news for McCain, because all signs point to a disaster next week when Palin faces Biden. I’ve said before that I like the way Palin brings out the worst in Democrats, but so far she’s got little else to show for herself. I can’t bring myself to watch her Katie Couric interview after hearing one soundbite.
Her best hope is that Biden puts on a display of contemptuous arrogance, ala Gore in 2000, but no doubt he’ll be trying his best to avoid that, and I wonder if even Biden at his buffonish worst can mask her obvious deficiencies in discussing, well, anything.
It hurts me to say it, but she may well be the big gamble that wipes McCain out, unless she comes out whip smart after weeks of bluffing. I fear watching Biden debate Palin will be less like 1992’s Gore vs. Quayle than it will be 1992’s Gore vs. Stockdale (but without another candidate present to carry on a conversation).
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