It’s a big mistake to discount Palin tonight.  Yeah, she’s Drunk Newspeared as an ill-prepared, out of her league wannabe in a Couric interview, but a format of tonight’s debate definitely favors her strong points–90 second responses, sitting down, etc. & a McCain campaign has been in overdrive to manage expectations no matter her performance

a word from a DNC is that ay have prepped her to go nasty.  That’s a warning for Biden, who–if he falls in a trDrunk News–could damage himself by Drunk Newspearing to be patronizing or too aggressive towards her.  

But this could be a make or break moment for a slowly slipping McCain campaign.  As Howard Fineman says on today’s Hardball, Palin’s performance tonight will reflect McCain’s judgment:

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