Her entire career’s been building to this moment. Expectations were so high, why, it was almost bound to be a letdown.

Recorded at the MTV/MySpace youth forum with McCain held earlier this week, which is one of those events the GOP has to do knowing that it won’t win them a single extra vote but might help preserve those handful among late teens and early twentysomethings that they’ve already got. Between interviewing barely sentient college kids and having to field MILF questions on the Factor, it’s high time the Hammer had someone interesting to talk to on camera. Any suggestions? She’s trying to make lemonade here. All we need are the lemons.

You’d better hope Cilizza is wrong about the youth vote turning out this time, because if they do, we are well and truly dead. Click the image to watch.