I have a high degree of confidence Palin will flub up at least 3 questions in dramatic fashion

Lets face it, no matter how much she crams for this test she is a C- student at best and even on her best day she is going to miss 10 to 25% of the questions on the test, especially if the test is like a game of who wants to be a millionaire with literally thousands of things that can be covered. Biden is an A+ student when it comes to history and politics so he should get 98% of the questions correct. If someone has not read the news much over the past 20 years they are going to struggle in potentially embarrassing ways. Odds are this will be a disaster for Palin.

I predict she will flub up a couple of questions badly then completely lose her confidence. People will then start holding their hands over their eyes as the see the train derail. It will be painful to watch at that point. She will get lots of pity points as people begin to feel sorry for her but in the end it will likely be devastating for her and McCain.

I honestly think that is what is going to happen.

I call under! (I think it'll be 2)

...I say at least 4, including at least one where she uses some variation of the phrase "but what I meant was," "that's not what I meant" or something very close in trying to backtrack out of a verbal minefield of her own speaking.

within striking distance in West Virginia, Georgia and McCain's own state, Arizona.

and that's BEFORE this debate goes down.

If it goes as you're predictly, I think Obama can take those states and probably pull off a few other shockers.

It'll be just like that pie eating contest in "Stand By Me". :puke:

past the smell test...the only thing the media wants her to accomplish is to be able not to trip on her way up to the podium, all else is inconsquestional it seems after listening to most of the pundits today...

I seriously don't believe she will past muster on any question whatsoever for the intelligent because she is following the mcbush playbook and as playbooks go, none of it passes..

This is going to be an epic failure of all epic failures. I'll take the over and go with five, one of which will contain the classic, "oh!" after which she will switch tracks so non-nonsensically that the audience will let out a collective, "huh?"

Regardless of what happens, good or bad for either Biden or the Moose, this will all be swept under the rug and forgotten in the shadow of the looming house vote on the bailout/rescue bill, much like Obama's speech at the convention was lost in the shadow of the puke hate fest.

give up and not even try. I say she bails on all of them. It's a massive audience of people. People are already going to be critical. Biden knows his shit. And Gwen doesn't give a quack about either candidate.

My guess is that she has canned answers and quips of the same sort that she used in the Alaska gubernatorial debates.