4 Years Ago

Gwen Ifill began the vice presidential debate by asking the following question of Dick Cheney:

Vice President Cheney, there have been new developments in Iraq, especially having to do with the administration's handling.

Paul Bremer, the former head of the Coalition Provisional Authority, gave a speech in which he said that we have never had enough troops on the ground, or we've never had enough troops on the ground.

Donald Rumsfeld said he has not seen any hard evidence of a link between Al Qaida and Saddam Hussein. Was this approved -- of a report that you requested that you received a week ago that showed there was no connection between Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and Saddam Hussein?

For fun, between now and the debate you can calculate how many minutes remain until Ifill is accused of sexism and liberal bias, with bonus points awarded for how quickly into the debate someone charges her with acting out of racial solidarity with Obama.

Of course this could all be moot if Ifill doesn't do her job, but since she broke her ankle while preparing for the debate I expect that she'll hurl at least one hardball at Palin.

UPDATE: Ifill already being disqualified.

Wednesday, October 1, 2008