Sarah’s gaffes increase interest in TV face-off

THE public clash tonight between would-be vice presidents, ill-informed newcomer Sarah Palin and gaffe-prone veteran Joe Biden, is attracting unusual attention.

Some 3,100 media credentials have been issued for the debate, the most the Commission on Presidential Debates ever needed in the seven vice presidential ones it has hosted.

The interest is driven by the public’s fascination with Palin, the first-term Alaska governor that Republican presidential candidate John McCain plucked from relative political obscurity to be his running mate.