In case you’re not interested in the biggest financial meltdown in the history of our country, Gov. Sarah Palin will hopefully provide plenty of family entertainment Thursday night, as she attempts to prove to the nation that she knows how to construct a basic subject-verb sentence that relates to something relevant in the lower 48. Biden, the word on the street indicates, will be playing “prevent defense,” attempting to minimize condescension or off-color jokes. The senator has a history of both. We’re going to be live-blogging the debate again, so if you have any comments that you feel absolutely must be heard, please feel free to post them during the debate. Hopefully we’ll be able to get some comments to fill our “online comments” section in Friday’s paper. [And now, a little moment courtesy of Gov. Palin. ](http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/1008/The_Palin_Supreme_Court_stumble.html)