the danger in that too is the fact that for all intents and purpouses, Tina Fey, a comedian on TV has framed the image of Sarah Palin more in peoples minds than Sarah Palin herself did. And that is mostly due to the absence of the real deal to create her own image in peoples minds. In that vacuum, Fey becomes more 'real' than the actual person.

The fact that in her brief moments on TV she has created devastating gaffes would also be countered if you had even more positive interviews and press conferences to counter the bad ones. Quantity counters quality I would hope in this case. (playing devil's advocate mind you ;\) )

It's sort of a mess of McCain's own making right now, I think.