If only Palin would do a little better during her interviews, give the media more chances to see her shine, or present herself as a strong leader independent of McCain, maybe Saturday Night Live would stop picking on her.
Palin's interview with Katie Couric was not easy to watch. I take that back, it was easy to watch if you're a Palin-hater. She stumbled, avoided hard questions, and even told Couric she'd "get back to ya."
Does this have anything to do with McCain canceling on David Letterman? According to McCain, no. He had to rush back to Washington to put his campaign on pause and deal with the financial crisis. But I'm sure getting teased about Palin's lack of interview skills was at least on the list of reasons he didn't show. Letterman was pretty harsh on the last-minute ditch, but our focus here is on Palin.
And SNL.
The genius of Tina Fey is captured in her Palin character. But even though everyone love's Fey's impression of Palin, Fey announced that she would really like to stop impersonating Palin on November 5.
What makes the least sense to me is how the McCain campaign allows Palin very few interview chances, especially with the vice presidential debates so close. They argue that Palin has very little debate experience, and needs the debate setup to be altered to tailor her experience. Yet she can be gaining experience answering probing questions by interviewing. Paradoxes of the McCain/Palin ticket.
I think I'll be watching yet another Tina Fey opening on Saturday Night Live very soon.
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