“ We were just talking about why Palin did better tonight than she did in her interviews. I think it’s actually very simple. No follow ups. It’s not a criticism of Gwen Ifill. It wasn’t the format she was supposed to work with. But if you look at Palin’s interview trainwrecks things always got bad on the follow up — when the interviewer (Gibson or Couric) pressed her on the nebulous answer for some specifics, which she couldn’t provide. That’s the difference.
— John Marshall via TPM (actually, i do think it’s a criticism of ifill. i know there’s only so much she can do, but she let the answers seriously stray from the questions.)
