Imagining the debates

[Proud Liberal Dem]

As we all know, the next (and final) hurdle in this election (more like farce at this point) will be the debates between Biden/Palin and Obama/McSame. I would say that, based on the comments on this board (and my own personal feelings), it is likely that McSame's and Palin's "performance" in the debates are going to likely be, how shall we say, "rehabilitated" somewhat by the corporate news media whereas Obama's and Biden's performance in the debates is going to be (way) more closely scrutinized and quickly and reflexively pounced on for any real or imagined "false notes".

So, given these seemingly indisputable assertions (at least judging by how the last 2 Presidential debates were reported/characterized by the corporate news media), does anybody have thoughts or ideas about how Obama/Biden are going to have to perform in the debates or what they're going to have to do in order to cross that "spin" threshold hereby defined as: performing at such a high level (or McSame/Palin peforming at such a low level) that there is simply no way that the corporate media will be able to "spin" a good performance by Obama/Biden and/or a poor performance by McSame/Palin?