Trust me on this, she’ll be ready with an answer for the “Bridge to Nowhere” lie, though it’ll probably have to be a whopper in and of itself, as there’s no substance to her claim at all. She’ll also be ready on Troopergate, Lipstick on a Pig, and the eBay Jet.

Instead, she should be asked technical questions. She has experience with Russia? Fine. Sarah, name three foreign policy issues you dealt with regarding Russia during your term as governor so far. Outside of the Georgia issue, what are the three biggest policy challenges the United States faces with Russia?

She has Commander-in-Chief experience? Great. Ask her some questions about how she would respond to specific military challenges. Ask her to highlight three military programs currently in Congress that she feels need attention.

Not only do such questions have substance (more than just “Who is the leader of Pakistan?”), but they would be hard for her to answer without (a) someone feeding her information through a hidden earpiece, or (b) actual experience or knowledge in the areas Republicans have been claiming are her strengths. Not to mention that all of these are questions that would not even begin to faze Obama or Biden, who speak regularly on such issues with thoughtfulness and clarity.

As for McCain, ask him about Czechoslovakia training al Qaeda terrorists crossing over the Iraq/Pakistan border during the Miss Buffalo Chip contest, and his head will simply implode.