Just 25 per cent of likely voters think Palin has the right experience to be president, according to an Associated Press-Gfk poll released Wednesday. That number is down from 41 per cent who expressed confidence in the first-term Alaska governor following her appearance at the GOP convention last month.

The poll indicated even Republican-leaning voters were increasingly suspicious of her abilities, with 47 per cent saying she has the right experience to be president, down from 75 per cent in the earlier survey.

The poll of 808 likely voters was conducted Saturday through Tuesday and had a sampling error of 3.4 percentage points.

A similar poll, conducted by the Pew Research Centre, also found support for Palin was slipping.

Of the 1,505 Americans surveyed, 63 per cent said Biden was qualified to serve as president if necessary, while 37 per cent said the same of Palin.

"Compared with public opinion immediately following Palin's nomination and convention speech, far fewer now hold the view that she is qualified to be president. More than half (52%) viewed her as qualified earlier in the month," the Pew poll results read.

The Pew poll sampling error was plus or minus 3.0 percentage points.

The two vice presidential nominees will debate on Thursday (10/2).  The  90-minute exchange, scheduled for 9 p.m. ET at Washington University St. Louis, and will be hosted by Gwen Ifill of PBS. 

The irony is that such low expectations may actually help Palin, if she even says one thing that can construed as remotely intelligent she'll probably be declared the winner of the debate.

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