Favorite VP debate drinking game rule:

When Palin brings up the Bridge to Nowhere, ask your hosts for a drink, then say “thanks but no thanks,” drink it when no one’s looking, then claim you opposed having it served to you.

But Sarah’s real opponent in this election may be Katie Couric. Each new interview segment is like an episode of a bizarre reality show, with its own little moment of jaw-dropping what-the-hellness. She can’t name a single Supreme Court decision other than Roe v. Wade? Really? Not even, say, this one?

The problem here isn’t “gotcha” journalism. It’s that with Palin, it’s so easy to “getcha.”

Top five questions the press is allowed to ask Sarah Palin:

5. “What can you see from your living room window, and how does that add to your qualifications to be vice president?”

4. Nothing that would require the correct pronunciation of “nuclear.”

3. “Moose or elk – which makes a tastier burger?”

2. “Are you going to respond with a memorized set of talking points no matter what this question is?”

1. And no matter what the question is, Palin reserves the right not to answer now, but “go find some answers and bring ‘em to ya.”