Bare in mind, this is built around the framework of the impending VP debate and Palin's ability ( or inability ) to respond to questions regarding foreign policy.
Nichole @ C&L has the breakdown:
Ah, the soft bigotry of lowered expectations… The McCain campaign is on overdrive to manage the upcoming vice presidential debate between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden. Over the last week, they have demanded limiting the response time to 90 seconds (perfect for the wordy but meaningless “pageant” answers she’s prone to give), set up the framework that tough questions are “gotcha” questions and any of Biden’s responses may be sexist and patronizing. Now they are suggesting that moderator Gwen Ifill may not be nonpartisan enough to moderate the debate, since she authored a book on politics and race, even though the McCain camp approved of her selection (you’ll remember she moderated the 2004 VP debate between Cheney and Edwards) AFTER her book had been published.
Here's something interesting to keep in mind when watching the debate tomorrow:
Gwen Ifill moderated the 2004 debate between Vice President Dick Cheney and Senator John Edwards, asking a total of 20 questions. Ten of those questions were specifically about foreign policy — including the first 9 — while Cheney brought up foreign policy in two addition domestic policy questions and Edwards snuck it into one of his domestic policy answers. In the latter three cases, Edwards and Cheney responded to the other's foreign policy forays in kind. That means that foreign policy discussions comprised two-thirds of the last Vice Presidential debate.
No matter what happens, Doocy and the lady with the magnificent jaw will likely be fuming come Friday morning.
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