An independent — though often conservative leaning — political observer writes:

Obama still has a healthy lead in the electoral college, which will only increase as Palin has to speak in public without a script. Nothing to worry about, the McCain campaign can’t keep her in seclusion forever.

She’s supposed to do an interview with Charlie Gibson tomorrow, but there are apparently all kinds of off-limit topics, like the pregnant daughter. There’s one interesting topic alongside Palin’s cutting back the funding for a teen mother’s center in Alaska, of course. And I take it there are similar issues around funding for special-needs babies as well. And I’d love to know why she left a church where people speak in tongues while trying to get elected governor, and why she lost her first attempt to win statewide office as Lt. Governor.

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Tomorrow the nation will see how well Mrs. “What Exactly Does the VP Do Everyday?” Palin has been prepped by her handlers.

Who knows? She may be a natural. She certainly did well with the speech they prepared for her.

I would imagine her supporters are hoping she does a lot better than Mr. “Deliver Hot Water to Dehydrated Babies” McCain has in the past.