Have to say that Couric has always been a pretty tough interviewer. Palin let herself walk into that trap not well-prepared probably because she has had never watched the Today Show.
There are a lot of reasons that Palin stumbled on that interview. What is especially disingenuous coming from the MSM and other Liberals, is that THEY made it appear as a basic and systemic, never-to-be rectified problem.
NOT SO. However, The MSM harped on it and magnified it out of all proportion to its actual significance. American voters being the malleable knuckleheads they are, it worked.
It was NEVER demonstrated that Palin is pathologically ill-informed or uneducated and since she was on a short leash with McCain, she permitted herself to be handled in a really shabby way by these clowns who can not THEMSELVES pass the simplest acid test for credibility, character, intellect, or anything else.
It is one of the main reasons I NEVER watch political interviews