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Earlier today, we mentioned the rumor that Sarah Palin would be at one of the Irish Pub locations watching tomorrow's Presidential debate. WHYY is now confirming the rumor, clarifying that Governor Palin will be be at the Rittenhouse location. However, this will be a private, ticketed event, so consider any hopes you may have had about cornering the VP nominee and asking her exactly how close Russia is to her house quashed.

According to Fox 29 (via Foobooz), if the presidential debates go forward as planned on Friday, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin (who arrives in Philly today) will be attending a debate-watching party at the Irish Pub on Walnut Street that night. There are Irish Pub locations on Walnut Street at 12th and 20th, so it's not clear at the moment which one you should plan to avoid, but we'll keep you updated.

We don't really like to cop out, but let's face it, this week was a total no-brainer. We're sick of talking about, and you're sick of hearing about, next Tuesday's Presidential primary. But, because we're sadistic and you're masochistic, we keep writing about it, and you keep reading about it. And being the gluttons for punishment that we are, we couldn't help but tune in to the Democratic debate between the Phillyist People's Choice candidate, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. With polls indicating that roughly 10% of Democratic voters are still undecided, this week's debate, held right here in Philadelphia, could have been pivotal. It could have gone a long way towards determining whether Obama could, while probably not win Pennsylvania, keep Clinton's margin of victory sufficiently small to sway uncommitted superdelegates to his camp. It could have helped focus Pennsylvanians' attention on the issues that are going to be important in the general election campaign, once the Democratic party stops eating itself a Democratic nominee is finally chosen.