It was frustrating to ask questions of candidate Sarah Palin during the statewide public television debate for governor in November 2006.

Avoiding the question, she instead reminded voters she was not the dreaded, unpopular, disliked Governor Frank Murkowski, who she had beat in the Republican primary a few months earlier.

The national press is reporting on the remarkable level of control the McCain campaign people are exerting in handling vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's interactions with the press and with the public as well. AP reports that Palin has given no interviews and in campaign trail appearances is sticking...