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Debate expectations

Justin Webb | 22:22 UK time, Tuesday, 30 September 2008

And so to the Big Debate and a view of Joe Biden here that is unusual in the British press, but asks some hard and reasonable questions about him.

A view of Sarah Palin here that suggests she has an ability to crash and burn or remind us all of Ronnie (Reagan, that is) at his best: just dunno which yet.

I suspect they made a mistake in getting a highly educated woman to be the surrogate Palin figure in the practice sessions for Mr Biden. The whole point of Mrs Palin (her degree is in journalism for goodness sake!) and her strength until the party hacks got to her, was that she was unschooled, unsmooth, imperfect.

If she brings that to the debate she could throw Biden off the deep end.

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