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[gfish]

Who thinks the VP debate is actually going to happen? The polls coming out just keep getting worse and worse for McCain. He's got very little to lose at this point, so we're definitely going to see more desperate moves. I'm not sure if that will mean going (even more) stunningly negative or more ridiculous stunts like last week. Palin 'deciding' to spend more time with her family and dropping out before the debate has got to be looking pretty tempting right now. We'll know by Tuesday if that's the plan. (Announce her dropping out Tuesday, announce the replacement Wednesday, debate Thursday. Three days of absolute McCain news coverage guaranteed. It might not be very GOOD coverage, but they're a bit past the point of caring.) Is anyone watching the likely replacements, to see what they're doing? I'll note McCain took an oddly timed dinner with Lieberman last night...

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[gfish.livejournal.com]

The polls plainly refute this. Biden has considerably better favorabilities than McCain, and Palin's are cratering:



There is a huge difference between making the occasional crazy gaffe, like Biden, and being obviously completely incompetent, like Palin. The Couric interview was scary, and even mainstream pundits and conservative bloggers have started to point this out. The SNL sketch last night only shows how deeply entrenched this view of her has become.

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

Getting the wrong answer to who was president 90 years ago just isn't as scary as someone who can't produce a coherent sentence. Seriously, the transcript I've seen of the Couric interview was downright freaky.

If they put her in the debate they'll need a moderator who is seriously on her side, and pitches her softball questions she's memorized the answers to.

If she gets such a moderator, however, she is seriously good at playing to the Republican base. Don't count her out yet.

[carmiel.livejournal.com]

would you please post the link to the transcript. I did a search for it and it did not come up. Lots of articles saying she was interviewing her on Monday 29th though...Did couric get two interviews?

[vixyish.livejournal.com]

Day one interview:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/24/eveningnews/main4476173.shtml

Day two interview:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/25/eveningnews/main4479062.shtml

The really scary bit, which for some reason CBS doesn't seem to have published:
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/25/palin-bailout-healthcare/