When McCain decided to make Palin his VP, I am sure he noticed how Hillary grilled Obama while Obama continued to try and be a gentleman. Well, they figure that you, Joe, will try to go easy on Palin, out of fear that you will be considered a bully.
Let me tell you this: If Palin wants to play with the big dogs, then so be it. She was a fork toter for Pat Buchanan for crying out loud! She is known in Alaska as the "baracuda", which leads me to believe that she is overly aggresive and manipulative. She is as extreme right as is possible, and everyone will expect little from her in a debate. I am a woman, and I don't mind you shredding her. I did not vote for Hillary, but at least I know that if she would have won, she was prepared to be President. This woman governed 9,000 people as mayor, a town not even as big as the suburb I live in, and is governing 600,000 in Alaska, a state with the population of not even half of Chicago, which Obama represents as Senator. Executive experience my but. My supervisor runs a department with about half of the population of Masilla.
Do NOT allow the press to dictate to you how to handle her. Rip her beauty queen ass apart. Tear her a new one. You have the go-ahead.