The networks should have only female journalists interviewing Palin. Katie Couric was competent and tough and clearly more knowledgeable than her interviewee–without ever having to worry that anyone could even claim she looked sexist. She rocked it.
A few responses to the interview(s): James Fallows feels sorry for Palin, and notes the very-rookie mistakes she’s still making (beyond not knowing enough). The LA Times remarks on her stunning incoherence, and how lucky she is that everyone’s too worried about the economy right now to notice. First Read wonders if Palin’s bizarre answer about Russia is a “defining moment” in the campaign, and discusses all the scandals that continue to swirl around the vice presidential nominee. And Greg Sargent at Talking Points Memo wonders what exactly Palin was trying to say about Israel. (The problem was obviously that she didn’t know either.)
