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Thursday, October 02, 2008 8:50 PM
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Christopher Beam
After Sarah Palin's interviews with Katie Couric, expectations could not be lower. Even showing up would be a victory.*
But as usual, both campaigns are engaging in the usual
counterintuitive praise for their opponents. The best quote comes from Obama
campaign manager David Plouffe as he tried to ratchet up expectations—reportedly
provoking guffaws from the press scrum.
"Governor Palin is one of the best debaters in American
politics,” Plouffe said. “If you look at her - no she is. Her 2006 debate, she knew
where she wanted to take every question, and so I think she'll be relentlessly
on message tonight, and again I'm sure she'll have any number of biting and
witty one-liners. But our focus is on the person sitting at home in Canton, Ohio, tonight, Akron, Ohio,
tonight, who's struggling economically."
*Update: The debate has begun. She is here.
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