It’s an exciting day today, and the anticipation of the debate between running mates Senator Joe Biden and Governor Sarah Palin is keen.  It’s almost like waiting for Saturday Night Live – - the possibility of embarrassing moments and really bad gaffes is very real.

Sen. Biden has never met a microphone he didn’t want to hold for a long time.  We all know that President Franklin Roosevelt was not in office in 1929, and was never on television speaking to the American public, and hopefully Biden knows that now, too.  What a goof that was, and in front of witnesses, too.

Katy Couric’s interview with Gov. Palin has been shown in snippets all week, and some of them have been downright painful to watch, to be honest.  Yesterday’s snippet was of the Couric question about what news sources Palin relied upon to stay informed.  Palin never answered the direct question of which ones, and  Couric even indicated she’d be happy if Palin identified only one.  Palin couldn’t, and simply dismissed the question with an “oh, all of ‘em” answer.

This has the potential to be a real train wreck, and my guess is Tina Fey waited before writing her bit for SNL this week.  There’s a good chance she won’t have to after tonight, either.  Palin seems to write them for Fey each week, and that is wee bit sad, actually.  This woman could be our next vice president of the United States.  My goodness.

Biden is dangerous once he gets a good head of steam up.  He won’t be able to help himself tonight, either, and there’s no telling what might come out of his mouth.  The McCain campaign has attempted to minimize Palin’s poor performance with Couric by rolling out some of Biden’s booboos from past years, including the moment he told a man in a wheel chair to stand up so people could see him, and stating that Senator Hillary Clinton would have been a better choice of running mate than him.

Yes, tonight has all the potential to be a Saturday Night Live skit all by itself.  There may be no need for SNL to go on the air Saturday, even.  We’ve got a moose hunter and a loose cannon, each with the responsibility to present themselves well, and to present their presidential candidates well.  The former is a daunting task for both, and each has had some difficulty with the latter.

If I were John McCain or Barack Obama, I’d be a little nervous, and wondering what the heck I was thinking when I made the choice of running mate.  Those selections don’t speak well today of the men who made them.

So, settle in, get comfortable and enjoy the show.  Live from St. Louis, it’s Thursday Night!