I think she will get better; she has already gotten better. She debated the 2 other candidates in the AK governor race and acquitted herself well enough to get 50%, IIRC.
Her facebook postings and op-ed columns shows she can understand the issues; she needs to translate that into debate speech, which is really what these interviews are. She needs to prep for them like a debate.
If she can do that, nothing will stop her. Even now she gets traction, but she may lose some if in a debate with Romney etc, she can not put him in his place and he looks to have more command of facts.
It’s really sad. We have come to the place in our country’s history where the most important factor in considering a presidential candidate is simply whether his/her heart’s in the right place, as it were. Palin loves this country. She is teachable, and she has enough sense to find advisors who love the country more than they love their own career. In a different era, I might wish for someone who seems more conversant with the issues, but not right now, not at this time when so many Dems want to “transform the system.” Like Beck, I just won’t a President who won’t lie to me.
Palin’s experience as governor suggets that she “won’t blink” when things get stressful, like Obama does when his teleprompter malfunctions. Of all the people I have heard, she is the one who I think is least likely to drink from the Potomac, and would remain an “outsider” at heart.