When Sarah Palin Is Off the Prompter

The McCain campaign has tried to keep Sarah Palin away from reporters, microphones and interviews. Here's why:


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Bloody hell...

It's not as if Katie Couric is the late and missed Tim Russert. She's a lightweight. The pocket fluff of prime time news anchors. Even Katie has the way-in-over-her-head-and-chosen-to-pander-to-women vice presidential candidate flummoxed.

Once the novelty of the former beauty queen and failed sportscaster wore off and the public has seen how out of her depth she really is, the polls have corrected themselves. This is the person that should John McCain die -- which at 72-years-old and already having skin cancer numerous times is not much of a stretch -- that could be the leader of the free world. A vastly under-qualified person who needs to rely on memorized catch phrases and buzz words to get through an interview.

Sarah Palin has gone from radical running mate pick to punchline in record time.

It's going to get worse.