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Tonight: Vice Presidential debate
Air time: 9 P.M. (Eastern) Duration: 90 minutes
Never has so much attention been given to a vice presidential debate. What are the stakes?
"Sarah Palin must know her facts. Joe Biden must know when to stop." - Dallas Morning News
"Sarah Palin needs to overcome recent interview debacles while Joe Biden is playing to not lose." - Chicago Tribune
Clearly the most anticipated debate in recent years for 'who's no. 2,' Delaware Senator Joe Biden and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin have much to prove and a lot at stake in this years foursome for the White House.
For Gov. Palin--without question--must know her facts. Two polls conducted by an independent Pew Research Center survey, show compelling contrasts. From early to mid-September a majority of Americans--52 percent--polled considered her qualified to be president. A fumbled interview and a few Saturday Night Live parodies of this veep nominee later, a poll released yesterday by Pew found that only 37 percent hold that view today.
"If Palin does well, her performance will go a long way to rehabilitating her image," said John J. Pitney Jr., a Claremont McKenna College political scientist in a published report. If she does not, however, it could be a nail driving blow to a coffin burying the presidential hopes of Senator John McCain.
Sen. Biden, a journeyman of 14 Democratic primary debates between year and 2007, wreaks experience. As a former contender for the U.S. throne and a foreign policy expert, analyst suggest there are strong gender sensibilities and that he could actually offend the American public if seen as beating up on its beauty queen.
"Don't be too aggressive, and don't cut her off," said James Roland, a debate expert at Emory University, in a published report. Mr. Biden, he says is risking "being seen as hot-headed, rude and insensitive. He has to be conscious of both his tone and his words," he closed.
Ms. Palin, since Monday has been bunkered at the McCain family ranch in Arizona surrounded by senior campaign aides while Biden is reported to be in sparring sessions, practicing demeanor and lines with Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm.
In short, this vice presidential debate could possibly, for the first time in U.S. history--could actually decide the pair that enters the White House for the next four years. One-liners and impressions are the mainstays of debate and a danger to both contenders. Yet, both candidates must prove to voters they are competent, believable and connected to the needs and securities of this nation.
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