The press translates the Republican candidate’s refusal to talk with jounalists as fear of gaffes.
The rest of us know it is really because the moronic media play “gotcha!”
It’s because nothing good can come of it. If he’s learning to freeze out the press, like Sarah demonstrated last summer, you make them desperate to get something from you. If you play nice, they’ll cut your throat anyway, so you have nothing to lose.
I think a pol has to differentiate his brand. I’m not sure if R understands that. He still seems undifferentiated to a lot of people.
What if his conversion to conservatism is real? A hel of a lot of people reach a point in their lives when they realize liberalism is not working, has never worked, and that they have an obligation to try to clean up some of the mess they made when they were proponents.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNRXGRFJdDY