Paging Sarah Palin

In the three weeks since she was nominated for the GOP vice presidency, Sarah Palin has granted two interviews and no press conferences. Other than her highly scripted shout-out to the choir at the Republican convention, we haven't gotten to hear from her much at all. Granted, the Charlie Gibson interview didn't, ummmm, go real well for her, and maybe that explains her reticence to answer tough questions -- a word that hardly seems to apply to the vivacious Ms. Palin, but neatly captures her unwillingness to speak. Granted, the Straight Talk Express has derailed rather messily for her boss, but wasn't she brought on board to inject new fervor into the campaign?

Her and her campaign's decision to keep the American people in the dark about who she is and what she believes is shameful, almost as shameful as calling a pre-nomination, bi-partisan investigation into her handling of her State Trooper ex-brother-in-law a "purely political" move on the part of the Democrats.

Still, though, it's not quite as shameful as her having been chosen in the first place.