Hawke wrote:


May have some basis. She is studiously avoiding any un-scripted
contact with media or any other engagement with any chance of having
to answer any unexpected questions.

Anything else than that would be unexpected. Despite what all the right wing
pseudo pundits that have blanketed the air waves are saying about how
competent and qualified Palin is, the truth is she's a political neophyte. A
few years running a town of 5000 doesn't give one the experience needed for

a much higher job. That would be like saying a worker on the assembly line
is qualified to run GM. So since Palin has no real usable experience and she

Whoever is running GM (into the ground) isn't qualified either. It might
not be a bad idea to let somebody off the line run the show.