Cobb is worried, waiting for the implosion of Mac’s campaign tonight when the Barry-book-writing moderator starts popping unfriendly questions at Sarah–probably regurgitating what Gibson and Couric did to her. He’s convinced Hairplugs Joe is going to win. I’m rather more confident, along with Bill Dwyer, that Sarah can rise to the occasion, do what she has to do and eat the Gaffe Machine’s lunch, supper and tomorrow’s breakfast.
But, above all, she has to do what few vice-presidential candidates have ever done in these dog-and-pony shows: turn whatever needles an argumentative moderator puts on her right back where they belong. Sarah’s running for the office, not the talking head, and she’s got to show some grit behind the dazzling smile. And, fergawksakes, tell the truth about the credit "crisis." Joe’s party is in deep. It’s time to put the Dems on the defensive in the pigpen they created, and force them to wallow in it.
UPDATE: She held her own, and undid the inexperience slander by relating her executive experience on various answers. I was disappointed she chose to run against Wallstreet’s alleged "greed," instead of Congress’s demonstrable greed. But she’s the second banana and has to follow Mac’s lead. She was also on the defensive too much, defending Mac but not attacking Barry as much as she could have.
Still, I thought she did well. And she’s certainly much more appealing than Biden with his 64, 74, 481, etc. votes Mac is supposed to have made against this or that. After a while that became a running joke at the rancho. I liked her refusal to "argue" about the causes of global warming. Point for common sense. She’s no scientist, nor is Biden, but he has Gorebot baggage to haul.
MORE: Cobb also was pleased to see Sarah deliver.
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