Why Palin Called Biden 'Joe'

I can’t wait for 2012:

What was most troubling, according to Schmidt, was the fact Palin repeatedly confounded Biden’s name during the preparation process, referring to the then-Delaware senator as Sen. O’Biden. Aides were so worried that such a mishap in the actual debate would prove catastrophic that they advised her to simply refer to her opponent as “Joe.” “It was multiple people – and I wasn’t one of them – who all said at the same time, 'Just say, Can I call you Joe, which she did,” Schmidt tells Cooper.

via CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive – Schmidt: McCain aides feared Palin ‘debacle’ « – Blogs from CNN.com.


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