But maybe he can farm out these intricate questions of economic policy to Sarah Palin. Quick: which of the responses below sounds more like Sarah Palin?

“Madam Acting President, our economy is in serious danger from stagflation. The Chinese Central Bank has stopped buying bonds from us, and the dollar is becoming worthless. We’ve already raised headline rates to a higher level than they’ve been in ___ years. Yet the already atrocious housing market is taking a huge hit, which is putting pressure on consumer spending, which was non-existent, and the economy is completely frozen. However, we can’t lower interest rates without risking complete inflationary meltdown. What do we do?”

Which response is more like Palin’s?

A) “Quickly. This calls for drastic measures. Secretary of State ___? I want you to put together a plan by which you call in the Chinese and Japanese separately, to resolve their territorial and energy disputes to their mutual advantage, offering them energy concessions from our side, or cooperative economic initiatives. If we can do that for them, tell them they need to reciprocate by buoying up the dollar for a while longer. It won’t be forever, but…”

Or:

B) “Well, um, yes! When you talk about the headline rates, these are, you know, they’re serious, I mean, these are things that affect real people, who are, I’m saying I am a real person, who knows what people are going through, and, we’re going to be looking at this really carefully. *Psst–what’s a ‘headline rate?’”