Debater Up!

We have gone through 3 of the 5 stages of a presidential election. The candidacies, the primaries and the conventions are all done. The 4th phase is the debates, so let's go over that a bit.

The 4 debates will be:

3 Presidential Debates
Sept. 26, at Ole Miss., moderator - Jim Lehrer, PBS
Oct. 7, in Nashville, moderator - Tom Brokaw, NBC
Oct. 15, at Hofstra, moderator - Bob Schieffer, CBS

1 Vice Presidential Debate
Oct. 2, at Wash. U in St. Louis - Gwen Ifill, PBS

Although the Presidential Debates will be interesting, at this point, I'll bet more people will be watching the one Vice-Presidential debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin. Joe Biden has over 20 years experience in the Senate and is the head of the Foreign Relations Committee. Sarah Palin is just 2 years removed from being mayor of a town small enough to fit comfortably in an NBA arena with enough extra seats to hold their snacks and drinks. Joe Biden may not stand a chance. I could go over all the reasons why this supposed overmatch is truly counterintuitive, but they are so very eloquently and humorously stated in this great article by Dahlia Lithwick "How To Debate a Girl, and Win".