It would be a great way to throw obama off and show that Palin is ready to step in when the president is unable. Also would give her an even playing field for questions.

What was the rumor? That McCain would offer Palin as his substitute on Friday? Wow, wouldn’t that be sweet if for nothing else than to give the visual impression that Palin is equal to Barak in the minds of Americans… which would obviously infer that McCain is far and above both.

Odds Obama would accept this? <1% …

Am I missing something?

purchased a pay per view event but a debate between Obama and Palin would pry open my wallet.
Seriously, I think a Palin/Obama debate would work for McCain IF, and only IF, she is truly prepared for such a task. If she is, I say, “Send in the closer!”
Doing so exposes Obama for the fraud he really is. McCain in Washington working on the most important legislation to come down the pike in nearly a century and Obama is out on the campaign trail trying to TALK his way into the white house.

How can he decline the gambit? Heads McP wins, tails BHO loses.

are as clear as mud.

You throw out stories and just assume people know what you’re talking about without any details or links.

Obama again wants to avoid actually working and
concentrate solely on his “destiny”…
McCain gets the work done and sends in the
‘cuda to deal with the riffraff.

I’ll go on record as saying that this will never happen….but

If it ever did and she held her own and or one the debate it would seem like the smartest thing in political history. President McCain is overseas or for some other reason unable to perform his duties (in this case debate) so Gov. Palin steps in on day one to replace him. Not only would this drastically elevate Palin but it would make McCain seem like the true leader of the pack. If somehow this is the plan then these people are incredibly brilliant (Again, this will not happen). It would certainly be one for the ages though

weasel out of the debate.

Let’s just forget this whole idea. I know the idea of Palin going out there and pouncing Obama is cool and appealing but it’s not going to happen and I’m not even sure it’s best for the campaign.

In a game of high risk anyway, I don’t see this as having a downside if Gov. Palin is as capable as I think see can be.

Obama does not want to do his current job during an emergency situation. Campaigning is ultimately what he obviously thinks is more important. Call me if you need me, indeed!

On the other hand, Sen. McCain rolls up his sleeves and dives into the snake pit, and then sends his surrogate to deal with another issue (the debate).

This is indeed worthy of pay per view TV.

If Obama accepts, then Palin gets her chance to put to rest the foreign policy expertise canard against her, she gets to appear on an equal footing with Obama, and reinforces the image that McCain is working on the nation’s business while Obama wants to play campaign games.

If Obama agrees to delay, then nothing is lost.

If Obama insists on appearing but demands that Palin be banned, then it’s up to the debate hosts to decide if they will comply and go forward with allowing him to appear on the stage by himself.

Beyond this, the scenarios become too diverse.

The point is that one way or another, McCain needs to stick to his guns on delaying the debate.

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I didnt know anybody in the McCain campaign had thought of this idea, I was afraid they wouldnt think of this idea, its absolutely perfect. The fact is that Palin would be better on an economic debate than McCain anyway, since she’s run a state, cut taxes, cut spending, balanced budgets, and run a huge surplus and given 1200 dollars back to the taxpayers, she’s by far the most qualified of all 4 of the candidates on economic issues.

Putting Palin in as a substitute on Friday would do something else major also, it would be highlighting the fact that McCain was back in Washington working on a solution to the crisis, while Obama is doing the one thing he is actually qualified to do, talk. And if at any point in the debate Obama were able to make a good point that Palin couldnt think of a clever comeback to, she could just turn to him and say something like ‘So why aren’t you doing something about it like John McCain is? John McCain believes in getting things done, not just talking about it’. There would virtually be no way for Obama to win the debate under these circumstances.

Its just a total win-win all the way around, I certainly hope they send Sarah Palin to Mississippi Friday, while McCain stays in Washington and gets results for the American people. The contrast between the two tickets would be absolutely perfect.

My diary from September 6th

They will never let her sit in, but hopefully she could stage a protest outside or better yet have organizers forcibly prevent her from going on stage.