Jury Out On Palin-Biden Debate

Joe Biden is arguably one of the best debaters in the U.S. Personally, I think Joe Lieberman was uniquely best qualified in this respect as a potential running mate to McCain. Lieberman has ably debated Biden before on the Sunday shows, is in the same league as Biden as a debater, above and beyond him in stature and, as a Democrat would have really dealt a unique punch.

We’ll know more Wednesday after Sarah Palin delivers the speech of her lifetime at the Republican Convention and, frankly, most of America meets her for the first time. My hunch is that she’ll do much better against Biden than we are being led to believe for three reasons:
1. The bar is set low. If she doesn’t have a Quayle moment, "You’re no Jack Kennedy," she’ll be given a passing grade.
2. She’s no patsy. She may kick Biden’s ass.
3. Biden may pull a Rick Lazio and be perceived as bullying her or disrespecting her.