Anyone else looking forward to seeing how the VP debate plays out tonight? By the sound of things, they're expecting more eyeballs than the first Obama-McCain debate last week.
The US media has been all over Sarah Palin in recent days after some less than flattering interviews. They're starting to cast her as someone who doesn't know enough about the issues to be in the White House/a "heart beat away from the presidency." There's an unbelievable amount of pressure on her tonight to buck that image... even one answer where she appears to not be versed on the issues and the Republicans could be in a lot of trouble.
On the other side of the fence, Joe Biden is known to make the odd controversial statement and has a lot at stake if he comes off as too heavy handed.
Here's an interesting article on gaffes from both sides:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7646243.stm