Preview: Vice Presidential Debate

Sarah Palin Vs. Joe Biden

In the vice presidential debate, which will take place on October 2 at Washington University in St. Louis, Republican nominee Sarah Palin and Democratic nominee Joe Biden will go head-to-head in order to see who really is a pit bull.

Lipstick will be optional.

In this debate, the most likely topics for Palin and Biden to face are the topics of the economy, foreign policy, and the war in Iraq. Both candidates have their strengths and their weaknesses, and they would be wise to try to play to their strengths.

When it comes to the economy, Sarah Palin should pray she can muddle through an answer sufficient enough to satisfy her core Republican base and move on. When Sarah Palin was asked about the proposed bailout plan, she gave a rather inept answer.

From her interview with CBS' Katie Couric:

Couric: "Why isn't it better, Gov. Palin, to spend $700 billion helping middle class families who are struggling with health care, housing, gas, and groceries, [to] allow them to spend more and put more money into the economy instead of helping these big financial institutions that played a role in creating this mess?"

Palin: "That's why I say I, like every American I'm speaking with, we're ill about this position that we have been put in. Where it is the taxpayers looking to bail out. But ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the health care reform that is needed to help shore up our economy. Um, helping, oh, it's got to be about job creation, too. Shoring up our economy, and getting it back on the right track. So health care reform and reducing taxes and reining in spending has got to accompany tax reductions, and tax relief for Americans, and trade -- we have got to see trade as opportunity, not as, uh, competitive, um, scary thing, but one in five jobs created in the trade sector today. We've got to look at that as more opportunity. All of those things under the umbrella of job creation."

This notwithstanding, Biden is going to rip her apart for her gaffed comments about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- something else she had no idea what she was talking about but chose to do so anyway.