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Originally Posted by KSig RC
It's less "pressing" because of the nature of Palin's public vetting - I don't see why you're up in arms that "new News" takes precedent over "old News" during any given cycle. Additionally, the handling of Palin really made context control difficult - all you had were two interviews that went mediocre-to-poor, then a press corps scrambling to find any story to put up and fill the audience's hunger. That is a fault on the part of the McCain camp, and it appears to have had significant influence on which stories were reported (and even how). To separate effect from cause seems spurious at best.
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Originally Posted by Munchkin03
Also, Palin was a virtual unknown, and we all wanted to get as much information about her as possible. Joe Biden, we knew stuff about. We all knew he was kinda batshit. Sarah Palin, on the other hand, was a total mystery!
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Exactly - when you combine the fact that Palin was a newcomer on the national political scene, with the mismanagement by the McCain/Palin communications people, it just added up to trouble. Biden has 20-something years of reports of how he is a hothead. When you introduce someone to the national electorate at such a high level, the scrutiny is going to be higher.