Excerpts from Palin Interview with Couric

KATIE COURIC INTERVIEWS SARAH PALIN ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN OHIO

Exclusive Interview and Day-in-the-Life Report to be Broadcast Tonight (30) on the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH KATIE COURIC

Katie Couric spoke with Gov. Sarah Palin on Monday in Ohio.  The exclusive interview and day-in-the-life report will be broadcast tonight (30) on the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH KATIE COURIC.

Following is an excerpt from tonight's broadcast.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4490056n

Mandatory credit:  the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH KATIE COURIC

Gov. Palin at Monday's event in Columbus, OH:   I do look forward to Thursday night and debating Senator Joe Biden. We are going to talk about those new ideas, new energy for America. I'm looking forward to meet him too. I've never met him before. But, I've been hearing about his senate speeches since I was in like 2nd grade.

Katie Couric: You made a funny comment, you've said you have been listening to Joe Biden's speeches since you were in second grade.

Gov. Palin: It's been since like '72, yah.

Katie Couric: You have a 72-year-old running mate, is that kind of a risky thing to say, insinuating that Joe Biden's been around awhile?

Gov. Palin: Oh no, it's nothing negative at all. He's got a lot of experience and just stating the fact there, that we've been hearing his speeches for all these years. So he's got a tremendous amount of experience and, you know, I'm the new energy, the new face, the new ideas and he's got the experience based on many many years in the Senate and voters are gonna have a choice there of what it is that they want in these next four years.