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I think how she does all depends on the format of the debate. If they are asked regular questions and given a few minutes to answer and she can stick to the script she has spent the last few days memorizing she will do fine. When she could get into trouble is when they ask about things she is unprepared for of if they let the candidates ask each other questions. Biden has been around forever and has had years to learn this stuff so he is well prepared for this. She has been around a matter of weeks and has had to cram for it. Her problem is that when she doesn't know the answer to something she double talks and it makes her look like an idiot. If they start hitting her with things she is unprepared for it could get really ugly for her.
I think all she really has to do to help McCain out here is to do okay. She doesn't have to knock the ball out of the park, she just has come off decently. Also she is a radical religous conservative and she needs to be able to effectivly hide that during the debate. Her views are good for the party base, but not for the general public. If she lets it slip that she thinks books should be banned or even rape and incest victims should be forced to have their babies she will turn off a lot of the independent voters.
Tonight she can't really help McCain a whole lot, but if she fucks up she can hurt him badly. He is on the ropes and she could cause him a lot of heartache by screwing up tonight. She might surprise people by doing decently, but I think the odds are that she will not. All the spotlights are on her.
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