Will the only person left in America who doesn't know that Cynthia McKinney is NUTS please stand up?

The only reason people elect her to national office is to get her the heck out of GEORGIA!!!!!  Maybe she could run for President with Jimmy Carter as her running mate? Then we could get both of them out of Georgia... 

You are right about Ifill and Palin should immediately come out and innoculate herself by congratulating Ifill on her book about Obama and jokingly hope that it is not as successful as she hopes, because that will only happens if Obama wins.

She has to get away from the overused soundbites she has used and eal specifically with what is asked. If she is not that familiar with a country or its leader then she should respond by saying that she may not be as familiar with people from some other countries as Biden is but she is more familiar than her opponent with the people of this country. 

She should also remind Biden that FDR was not president when the stock market crashed in 1929 nor did he go on TV to speak to the nation. She should also bring into question his two made-up stories of being under enemy fire. That might get him riled up enough to make a gaffe or pull a Rick Lazio.

I agree. But because the MSM has absolutely no credibility in the mind of the average citizen, their "praise" of Biden will not carry long term weight.

I think Gov. Palin is energized by criticism from those who underestimate her. She's one of those rare people who says, "bring it on". The MSM simply cannot understand someone like her. They don't know anyone like her.

95 percent of viewers will forget 95 percent of the words spoken by the VP candidates tonight in about 15 minutes. That's just the way it is.

What they will remember is how the candidates presented themselves. Were they confident? Did they connect personally with the viewers? Do they seem trustworthy? Did they have shifty yes? Did they show genuine humor at the right moments? Etc. That's what people take away from these TV debates.

Biden has spent a career framing himself in the public eye as a loose cannon, a gaffe machine, a plagerizer, an "insider", a politician who will say anything, regardless of the truth. He is a "please like me" loudmouth, and will lose the debate on the aformentioned "presentation qualities." As you say, the MSM will praise him to the rafters, as we already know. Good grief, I could, right now, write the stories they will craft for him.

The moderator has already been compromised by her obvious admiration of Obama and what he represents. That works nicely in Gov. Palin's favor.

And for the "conservative" commentators who have, even this close to Gov. Palin's debate night, have attempted to raise doubts re her performance tonight, I will remember who they are, forever. Their public and ridiculous commentaries remind me of one of George Orwell's phrases in 1984: Their comments are a "well-timed stroke of treachery."

Gov. Palin will do very well indeed in tonight's debate.

The major media report only half the news. Why are they surprised they have only half the potential audience?

Palin is no slouch. She will be studied up, ready and will have both barrels loaded. 

Recent history would indicate otherwise, but it would be a nice change of pace.

Who would have dreamed that when socialism came to the U.S.A.
it would be brought not by Bolsheviks in blue jeans but Wall Street
bankers in Gucci loafers?

Linked on Drudge. 

Both McCain & Obama voted yes.

Imagine my shock that the astronaut senator of mine (Nelson) voted no! 

David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive

She was asked which decisions she disagreed with, not just about decisions in general.

Secondly, not being a lawyer, why would she be familiar with Supreme Court decisions by name?  The only other one I could think of off the top of my head was Kelo.  The other one that I disagreed with was the granting of Gitmo detainees citizen-tye rights, but I have no idea (not being a lawyer) what the name of that decision was, or how better to phrase it in legal language.

So, once again, you cherry pick, and get it wrong, as usual. 

David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive

bal, and that is relevant...how? Or is that just your little snide remark for the day?

Here is your idiot quote for the day:

"My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you'll join with me as we try to change it."

- Barack Obama

Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!

Blonde is right. This was an obvous gotchya question because most politicians don't know the names of SCOTUS cases.

What Palin should have said is that, "beyond Roe v. Wade I would be happy to go through cases one by one with you if you have them" or "I'm more concerned about how judges make their decisions rather than the decisions themselves."

I wonder if the moderator will ask Biden what his favorite flavor of Slurpee from 7/11 is.

And let's hope she doesn't ask Biden who was president in 1929.

I'm going to ask you once more, not to belabor the point, but specifically who presided over the crash of 29 and which network did they appear on?

We might luck out if Iffil is a Suuni and Barack is a Shiite.

How do you like them apples bal?

Senator Biden, what is the Center of Gravity at the Strategic, Operational, and Tactical levels of the current War on terrorism?

Follow on when he stares blankly - "Are we in a war against Islamo fascism?"  "What in your view is KEY to victory?"

Whether she preferred pearls or diamonds? 

You're waaaaay to easy today, frankie.

David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive