Tonight's the night...

All apologies to Rod Stewart, but one can only hope that it's "gonna be alright."

Tonight's debate HAS to be a decisive victory for Senator Joe Biden. Anything short of that will prolong the polarizing and logic-bereft back-and-forth over whether Palin is suited to be vice president. The simple truth is, she isn't.

Should it concern us that Palin is not able to name one single Supreme Court case? I was able to name six off the top of my head...my wife 5. That doesn't qualify us to be VP, nor does it disqualify Palin to be VP that she can't think of one. But given the crisis in American politics and in our economy, it's time we had smart people making executive decisions for a change. Eight years of letting the class clown run this country is enough. You wouldn't hire a girls' high school lacrosse assistant-coach to manage the Yankees. Why would you choose someone as ill-suited as Palin to potentially run the country?

Even the republicans know Palin isn't qualified, though 35% of them are afraid to admit it. And if Biden can't put her away, if he is too deferential and sensitive to her gender, if he worries too much about making her look "bad" - then we are going to be in for a long four weeks. Palin is doing a great job of making her self look bad every time she opens her mouth...but that is no reason for Joe to treat her with any less respect than he would a competent, male adversary. That is to say, to be a "street fighting man." (Again, apologies to Rod Stewart. And if you don't know who Rod Stewart is...follow me.)