What Will SNL Do: Week 2

Time to play this weekend's guess-what-SNL-will-mock game. The consensus from newspapers and pundits I read and heard after the VP debate was that Sarah Palin came across as competent and did not give late night or Tina Fey much to work with tonight. I, unlike the pundits, do not underestimate the fearsome talent that is Tina Fey!

Watch for:

• "I've only been doing this for five weeks!"
• "Doggone it"
• Refusal by Palin to answer the question asked
• Instead of ansering a question Palin talks about energy policy or Alaska
• Palin blatantly winks at and poses for the camera
• Palin's answer on global warming
• Both Palin and Biden's answers on the rights of homosexual couples

This post isn't meant to be a dig at Palin, more of a defense of Tina Fey. Pundits, you underestimate her and the political comedy writers at Saturday Night Live. You forget that competent and even highly intelligent politicians can be regularly lampooned late at night. Sarah Palin cleared a very low bar Thursday night, which in and of itself can be mocked. What with the media throwing down the gauntlet this week saying "late night jokes could cease,"and "Tina Fey's job just got harder," Tina Fey will come out swinging tonight. Check back to see how accurate I am.