Sarah Palin can't lose

"What!?" you say, "are you nuts? Did you see how she imploded in the interviews with Charlie Gibson and Katie Couric? This is going to be a huge train wreck!"

Well, maybe. But even if she loses the debate with Joe Biden, I maintain she will come out smelling like a rose, and here's why:

If she mangles all her answers and spouts nonsensical gibberish again, the Republicans and many American hockey moms will take pity on her and she'll receive a huge outpouring of support. They'll feel sorry for her. If Biden scores all the points and makes her look silly, they'll take him to task for treating a woman poorly. The expectations for her performance are now so low that even if she doesn't say a word, a majority of people will look upon that as being a vast improvement from what she's done up to now. And finally, her attractiveness will win over many male viewers who may be staring at the screen, but won't hear a word she says.

Nope, I don't think she can lose. While she may leave the stage tonight looking like a deer (or a moose) in the headlights, her support and poll numbers will rise like the Phoenix. And while I hope I'm wrong (the thought of a political neophyte from Pavement Narrows, Alaska, who just got her first passport last year, leading the USA absolutely terrifies me), I don't think the American public has the ability to see either beyond the Joe Six-pack, pitbull with lipstick facade or down the road to when she may be called upon to assume the Presidency.

Time will tell. I'll be back tomorrow with either doom and gloom or relief.

Father