Palin doesn’t have all the answers, yet Barack doesn’t either. Her generic statement to Couric was no worse than Barack announcing support for a unified Jerusalem. Remember the spring and early summer, when Barack off teleprompter was a gaffe machine? Rick Moran remembers last winter and spring:

It’s no accident that Presidential candidate Barack Obama held press “avails” on average once every 8 days during the first 9 months of his campaign. Even after that he made himself available to the press only twice a week. (Every other candidate had daily avails – sometimes twice a day). One might recall the famous Obama avail held in early March where, for the first time, Chicago reporters covering the Rezko mess got to ask the messiah some questions. His response? “C’mon guys. I’ve answered like 8 questions already.”

Never again were the Trib and Sun Times reporters covering the Obama scandals allowed to ask any questions off the cuff. Only Obama “beat” reporters from those publications who were following the campaign were granted access to the candidate. (Obama sat down with editorial staffs of both papers a few weeks later – after massive preparation, of course – and managed to evade the tough questions about Rezko and his real estate dealings with the convicted felon.)

The stumbling, bumbling manner in which Obama answered those questions at the March avail revealed a candidate not ready for high office – which is the obvious reason Obama was protected and hidden by his campaign from the press during those first months.

I do agree conservatives are nervous as cats about Palin.

I am more tranquil, and more patient. Let events play out. If Palin does display the instincts and talent to come through this process, at least she will be fully vetted for future election runs. That’s more than can be said for Obama – though, if he loses, he at least would then have the chance to accomplish something in the Senate before his next electoral run, so as not to again have an empty resume when running for office.