Palin and the Press

[From 9/7/08, regarding Sarah Palin's refusal to speak with the press.]

To the editor:

The McCain campaign has refused to allow the media to interview Sarah Palin. McCain campaign manager Rick Davis tells Fox News that Palin won’t give any interviews until she feels “comfortable” giving one, which might not be “until the point in time when she’ll be treated with respect and deference.”

Please remember: In four and a half months, Sarah Palin could be president. She would have more global power than any other woman in history. Yet today her own handlers think she’s so unprepared and knows so little about the challenges and tasks facing the U.S. that she can’t even give a softball interview. That’s really all we need to know about her—or about McCain’s judgment.

Ready on Day One? She’s apparently not even ready to face down Meredith Vieira or Anderson Cooper. Can you imagine the furor if Obama were hiding from the press like this?