That Didn't Go Well

It pains me to say it, but based on the early footage ABC has released of the Palin interview with Charles Gibson, our girl Sarah appears to be not quite so agile without a teleprompter.

The truly odd thing is that she seemed low in the interview where she was high at the convention: on delivery. The chair she was sitting in was bad, she was slouching a bit and it appeared that she was somewhat shrunken compared to the robust presence we saw in St. Paul and on platforms with McCain across the country. The phrasing was off, too, and she sounded flat and as if her depth of knowledge didn't lend itself to robust, confident answers. Disappointing, I'd say, after a week of Palinmania.

Another not too comforting sign: a lot of the traffic over at The Corner sounds overly defensive. This is one case where attacking the media for anti-Palin bias might not sell quite as well.

Too bad.