Ready, steady, goWhile I know that a good number of my political co-religionists are salivating at the prospect of VP whack-a-mole that they expect will unfold mere hours from now in St. Louis, I admit to apprehension: it's a little like "Parker Lewis Can't Lose", right? Expectations for Palin have declined to the point where, instead of clearing hurdles, it's more like trying to avoid slipping on a banana peel. As long as she's upright at the end of the evening, she can declare victory. And if she actually displays any sort of competence, it could go a long way to restoring the gloss that has been wiped away by weeks of "holy shit is she not ready for the presidency" revelations. Obama/Biden is almost better off not debating her, though Team McCain already tried to pull off that trick last week, and look where it got them. Of course, shit is crazy awful for the GOP right now, with the hypercapitalist juggernaut they stoked for the last eight years on the verge of total collapse and Obama pulling away in the polls (Today McCain declared defeat in Michigan, once viewed as a top target owing to its large number of potentially Obama-averse blue collar voters). It's possible, as it seemed after last week's debate, wherein Obama won on the merits and McCain on style, that reality is actually dictating the course of the election and, as events are decidedly pro-Obama, no matter what Palin does people will view it as a loss for her. Having to parrot, or in her case, speak with deep seated conviction about, the Republican line won't help matters; hard to look competent even if you're spouting that nonsense verbatim off of a teleprompter.
Yeah, I'm probably just being pessimistic.
