We haven’t written much about the Presidential race here lately because California is largely out of reach – the FiveThirtyEight composite projects a 16-point win for Obama, and even the Stockton Record is endorsing Obama for President.  Nevertheless, Vets for Freedom and Pete Wilson are wasting $2.2 million dollars on an ad campaign trumpeting the success of the surge.  Way to gauge the public mood, guys.  By the way, the California Nurses Association is firing back with a vicious ad about John McCain, and they have the sense to run it in swing states where it might matter.

Which brings us to tonight’s VP debate.  I wrote a little debate preview over at my site.  My take – watch out for the hissy fit!  Watch out for Drudge running with some manufactured slight and all the networks going into 24-hour “Biden disrespected Palin” mode and Lynne Cheney walking out and saying “This is a baaaad man!”

Anyway, I’ll be trying to sort all of this out tonight with Brad Friedman of BradBlog, who’s guest-hosting a special “VP Debate” edition of the Mike Malloy Show immediately following the Biden-Palin matchup.  Also appearing:

MARCY WHEELER of Emptywheel

MARC “ARMED LIBERAL” DANZIGER of Winds Of Change

PAMELA LEAVEY of The Democratic Daily, and;

PATRICK FREY of Patterico

Check your local listings for radio stations in your area.  You can also find a live stream here.