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Dems ought not count on Sarah Barracuda to blow the VP debate

By Beldar

PrestoPundit Greg Ransom has an embedded video of Sarah Palin at the final gubernatorial debate before her November 2006 general election victory over Democrat Tony Knowles and independent Andrew Halcro. It's about 84 minutes long, and much of it (especially the middle third) was focused on issues that are unique to Alaska, such as whether to pass a constitutional amendment guaranteeing rural residents' preferential rights to fish & game harvests during times of shortage. But having watched the whole thing, it's clear to me that Gov. Palin responds as well in a pressured debate setting as she's done in the one-on-one TV interviews I've previously seen her in.

And there were certainly flashes of Sarah Barracuda, especially near the end (at about 74 minutes into the video):

Full post as published by BeldarBlog on September 02, 2008 (boomark / email).