By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist

Odds are Sarah Palin will tear windbag and gaffmeister Joe Biden to shreds in their vice-presidential debate. However, it's sure good for Palin that she won't be debating CBS' Katie Couric.

The anchorwoman carved up Palin in the first part of an interview that aired Wednesday; the second part airs tonight.

In the interview, Palin looks unprepared to be vice president (and certainly president) on a few occasions.

-- On the proposed economic bailout, Palin answered Couric's question and said she didn't support the bailout. But she did not state what was wrong with it or how running mate John McCain's amendments were going to supposedly make it better for the American people.

-- But the worst moment came when Couric bored in on whether Palin could give examples of when McCain had led the charge for more oversight of Wall Street. (Couric acknowledged that McCain had supported stricter regulations of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2006.)

Palin responded: "I think that the example that you just cited... that's paramount. That's more than a heck of a lot of other senators and representatives did for us."

Couric retorted that McCain "has been in Congress for 26 years. He's been chairman of the powerful Commerce Committee. And he has almost always sided with less regulation, not more."

Finally, Couric gave Palin one more chance, asking for "specific examples in his 26 years of pushing for more regulation."

Palin's lame answer: "I'll try to find you some and I'll bring 'em to you."