Palin the attack dog is showing up at the debate tonight. Hey, it's a roll of the dice for the McCain campaign. But, they don't have much to work with here. Palin can't do substance so she'll get nasty. The McCain campaign is probably betting that if she's nasty and on the attack, people won't notice that she's absolutely not qualified to be president. So, expect a very aggressive Palin tonight:
Sarah Palin plans to go on the attack in tonight’s debate, hitting Joe Biden for what she will call his foreign policy blunders and penchant for adopting liberal positions on taxes and other issues, according to campaign officials involved in prepping her for tonight’s showdown.Funny thing about the McCain campaign. They purport not to care what the "elite" media thinks. But, they're spinning the media elites like mad right now -- and will be again after the debate. The Republicans know how gullible the political press corps is. So, they're going to hope that the pundits play up Palin's pitbull antics and ignore the fact that she's a blithering idiot. And, a blithering idiot who would be one melanoma away from the presidency. Country first, after all.
The Palin camp is projecting surprising self-confidence in the pre-debate hours, despite the vice presidential nominee’s uneven — and, at some points, peculiar — performances in recent television interviews, the officials say. Top advisers to John McCain privately say Palin’s recent CBS interview was a borderline disaster, especially since it played out in several segments over several days. Tonight will be different, they say.
“This is going to finally put her back into a position where we see her like we saw her the first couple weeks,” a McCain official said. “She was herself. She was authentic, and people related to that. ... Tonight, she’ll get into a rhythm. You’re going to see her in a way that you haven’t seen her yet.”
