Emily Brill To Host A "Strictly Uptown" Vice Presidential Debate Screening Party Tonight
"Hey New Yorkers," begins Emily Brill's invitation to tonight's Strictly Uptown Vice Presidential Debate Screening Party at Lexington Bar and Books. This party is "no joke," she writes. In fact, cocktail attire is required to join Ms. Brill in watching Sarah Palin and Joe Biden go at it. And! You may even participate in a live party blog if you wish, in which case you should bring your own BlackBerry--these, unlike snacks and drinks, will not be provided. Full invitation below; stay tu

McCain Spokesman on Palin Debate Stakes, Why She Actually Does Know Foreign Policy
ST. LOUIS—Asked by reporters in the media room here at Washington University how nervous he was about tonight’s debate between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden, McCain campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds said that he was “an even-keeled five.” He tried several times to downplay the significance of tonight’s outcome, arguing that, historically, vice-presidential debates have not been decisive in determining the winner of the election. Referring to the first presidential debate in Mississippi a week ago,

Drinking Games for the Debates
Perhaps the best part of any presidential debate/State of the Union/political speech is the great fun in creating drinking games for the appropriate speakers. In college, every time George Bush would smirk, everyone would take a drink. Every time he stuttered, another drink. And terrorism mentions warranted a shot of whiskey. So in preparation for the debates tonight, a lot of blogs have begun formulating their pre-fab list to getting wasted when Sarah Palin and Joe Biden take the stage. Comedy Central�

The VP Debate Drinking Game!
In case you haven’t heard, tonight is the biggest, baddest and most important VP debate EVER. And nothing goes better with big, bad and important events quite like drinking games. We at CC have created a drinking game worthy of the event, so grab your friends (bonus if they are on the other team…it just makes everything more fun), all the essentials, and get your political game on! What you will need: Beer: 2 kinds are necessary: a quality brew of your choice, and a blue-collar variety (we prefer

Top Ten Things Overhead at Sarah Palin Debate Camp
Fun with the John McCain-Sarah Palin ticket continues for David Letterman.Last week, he poked fun at McCain for bailing on him. Last night, V.P. hopeful Sarah Palin was skewered during The Late Show's nightly Top Ten List.Palin has been attending "debate camp" (a.k.a. McCain's ranch) prepping for tonight's debate with Joe Biden. Which leads to the Top Ten list ...Top Ten Things Overheard at Sarah Palin Debate Camp ...10. “Let’s practice your bewildered silence”9. “Can you try saying

Expectations Game Works Both Ways [Joe Biden]
If we may respectfully disagree with everyone on Earth, Joe Biden will do fine. The expectations are so ridiculously low for Sarah Palin that smart people know any half-competent performance will be met with cheers and audible relief and the nation will love her again. But you know what? That's all meta-expectations gaming for Biden. It is now a truth universally acknowledged that Joe will be boorish and say a thousand stupid things and he'll be mean and condescending and no one will like him. But no one

VP DEBATE SPECIAL: Bill Clinton Makes the Case For Joe Biden
Clinton says there’s no better VP choice to help repair our relationships around the world than Joe Biden. It’s hard to argue with Bill on that one.

What the Veep Do We Know?
Surely one of the pleasures of having a magazine with a 150-year archive is the ability to pull stories from the past and make them a part of the news cycle. On the day of vice presidential debate between Senator Joe Biden and Governor Sarah Palin, The Atlantic has done just that, presenting "Is the Vice Presidency Necessary?" by Arthur Schlesinger Jr. from May 1974. Writing a generation before Dick Cheney added unprecedented power to the traditional role of vice president, the late Mr. Schlesing

POLITICAL CANDIDS: OBAMA / PALIN / GWEN / MCCAIN / BUSH / CONDI
US Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama holds up a Michigan State jersey given to him during a rally on Thursday, October 2, at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin arrives with and her husband Todd Palin at the Flagstaff, Arizona airport where she is boarding her campaign plane for the trip to St Louis, Missouri. Palin will face-off with her Democratic counterpart Joe Biden in the Vice-Presidential Debate to

The Ticker (Biden edition): CBS, FNC, BBC...
> Due to breaking economy news, Katie Couric's day-in-the-life report on Democratic VP nominee Sen. Joe Biden will be moved to Monday's Evening News broadcast. Couric followed Biden on the campaign trail. > FNC's hour-long special, "Joe Biden: A Personal Look" airs tomorrow night at 9pmET. Greta Van Susteren hosts. > Add BBC America to the list of networks broadcasting the presidential and VP debates. The first, next Friday, will be anchored by Katty Kay, with Matt Frei anchoring the VP debate the wee

Sarah Palin vs. Joe Biden tonight!!!!!!
Tonight at 9 p.m. Sarah Palin and Joe Biden will duke it out in tonight’s Vice President debate. This one will be even more entertaining than Obama vs. McCain. I have a feeling that Sarah Palin will own Biden, she won’t let him get a chance to talk. This is gonna be a good one and can’t wait to see it tonight. I’ll write my thoughts after. Kev Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Report: Joe Biden gets right into slamming McCain after promising politics …Palin vs

Vice-Presidential Debate Preview: Tested, Gaffe-Prone Joe Biden Vs. Untested, Gaffe-Prone Sarah Palin
The newbie vs. the veteran. The short-timer vs. the lifer. The historic candidate vs. the candidate who's lived history. No, it's not another Obama/McCain smackdown — it's the vice-presidential debate scheduled for Thursday night at Washington University in St. Louis. With most eyes focused on the stalled financial bailout bill in Congress and Wall Street's roller-coaster ride, you'd think the VP debate would fade into the background. In most presidential election years, the veep faceoff is a sideli

The Drinking Will Start Early, But The Bailout Will Start Late, If At All [News Roundup]
That compromise bailout plan intended to save the economy? Yeah, it failed. [Washington Post]The Dow proceeded to drop 778 points, the largest one-day loss in nearly 2 decades. Many people just kissed their asses and life savings goodbye. [Washington Post]Republicans blame Nancy Pelosi for giving an offensive speech before the vote, which included partisan remarks like recognizing that Bush inherited surpluses and now the economy sucks. [Politico, Swampland]Barney Frank responded to those criticisms thusly:

Palin for McCain, Palin for Palin
It’s obvious now that Sarah Palin’s performance in Thursday’s vice-presidential debate is crucial to the G.O.P.’s chances of prevailing in November. If she lives up the ditzy Tiny Fey caricature that has come to define her, Palin will complete a five-week transformation from political sensation to liability, severely complicating John McCain’s effort to win over swing voters and erase Barack Obama’s slight but steady lead. But if she somehow defies the low expectations– maybe with a brilliant

Internet declares Biden triumphant in debate [Politics]
West Virginia held on until the end, but Time's interactive map has finally declared Joe Biden the unanimous winner of tonight's Vice-Presidential debate. I haven't been this excited since Ron Paul swept the primaries. 1:00 PM on Thu Oct 2 2008 By Paul Boutin 253 views For a Limited Time Only!

Palin’s new plan: Go after Biden
Palin plans to hit Joe Biden for what she will call his foreign policy blunders and liberal positions on taxes. See also: A barrel of gaffes?; Tale of the tape

It's A Trill: Sarah Palin Plays The Flute In 1984 [Before They Were Stars]
Writing your own punchline to this performance on flute by Sarah Palin at the 1984 Miss Alaska pageant ought to be a lot less queasy-making than it is here, but like artist like response, right? I don't think Joe Biden has ever displayed his talents in quite such a fashion, but if he has, lord help us all. Although at least—and I say this as a native of Minnesota, mind you—we don't have to suffer through that goddamn accent this time around. [via Gawker]

Things To Crash: Emily Brill's Exclusive Debate Party [People's Parties]
Apparently there's some sort of political "debate" tonight in which a crazy man from Delaware is going to be yelling at the young and clueless child bride of a Russian fur trader. Yes, Joe Biden is debating Sarah Palin tonight—winner gets the most meaningless job in politics. And now, like Rose La Touche hosting the Lincoln-Douglas debates, self-appointed socialite and heiress Emily Brill—operator of the most meaningless blog in politics, Essentially Emily—is hosting a "strictly uptown" li

Sarah Palin Has Nothing To Lose Tonight [Debates]
newVideoPlayer("/palin_awfulmoments_gawker.flv", 506, 423,""); For American presidential campaigns, the run-up to any televised debate is nothing so much as an exercise in managing expectations. Your opponent is fearsome and will probably crush you. Your own candidate will be lucky to form a single coherent sentence. Then, after the debate, you can spin a weak performance as a come-from-behind victory. In this little game of flackery, Sarah Palin could not be better positioned for tonight's face-off agains

It's a 'Love' Match on 'Hole in the Wall'
The network said Tuesday that it will air a special edition of the "Hole" featuring cast members from VH1's "Flavor of Love" series facing off against those who've appeared on "Rock of Love." The "Flavor" players include Pumkin, Buckwild and Saapphyri; for the "Rock" team, it will be Ambre, Destiny and Jessica. Fox is also planning a "Hole" episodes in which rock musicians play against hip hop stars. It did not announce specifics for that episode. The celebrity editions of "Hole" are slated to air Thurs

Diddy Blog #24 - Sarah Palin Scares Me
I can’t wait until Jumpoff Joe Biden gets in Sarah Palin’s shit tonight. Oh, yeah…Diddy is wildin’.

Bailout Compromises, Palin's Troop Surge, Liu for Comptroller
The bailout agreement is almost done, and both sides have compromised. [The Crypt]  Sarah Palin called for a surge in Afghanistan in her interview with Katie Couric. [CBS]  Palin asked for and was given an extension to file her financial disclosure forms, until the day after her debate with Joe Biden. [A.P.]  Michael Crowley warns against jumping to conclusions, writing, "McCain is not toast." [The Stump]  Obama is still committed to debating. [The Page]  John Liu is likely to get

You Can See Russia From Parts Of Alaska [Cartoons]
Running mates—and vice-presidential debates—are supposed to be mere sideshows of the general election. But that conventional wisdom may be shaken by this year's campaign and this week's debate between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden. The Republican candidate was widely mocked for including among her foreign policy credentials the geographic proximity of her home state of Alaska to Vladmir Putin's Russia. "You can see Russia from parts of Alaska," said Palin. Yes, but you can mainly see Alaska and more Alaska,

Fox Journo: 'Deck Stacked' Against Palin In Veep Debate
John McCain aide Nancy Pfotenhauer appeared on Fox News today to decry this Thursday's vice-presidential debate, where poor Sarah Palin will have to discuss things she doesn't understand, like foreign policy, a subject in which opponent Joe Biden will likely dominate. Fox's Steve Doocy then remarks, "It sounds like they're stacking the deck against her, because everybody knows that's Joe Biden's forte." Boo-fucking-hoo. [Via MG] Sep 29, 2008 · Link