They can. But voters and the media can also put pressure on her to answer some questions. I think it's a pretty reasonable request given that she could be a heartbeat away from the presidency. Especially when it's someone who we know almost nothing about. McCain and Obama have probably done 100 interviews between them since this whole campaign began. Biden was a presidential candidate himself, so we've heard from him as well.stlouie_lipp wrote:Why can't the McCain camp run their campaign as they see fit?
Hudler, not even the McCain statement said anything about her son going to Iraq as being the reason why she won't be available for interviews.
I for one would like to know what she means when she keep saying that she said "thanks but no thanks" to Congress. That looks like a blatant bald-faced lie to me, so I'd be curious how she answers this question. I'd also like her to explain her position on earmarks, since she has lobbied for them extensively (and received them) in the past but is now painting herself as a maverick opponent to them. I'd also like her to clarify her position on things like abortion, abstinence only sex education, censorship, gay rights, stem cell research, teaching creationism in schools, and more generally the role of religion in setting government policy. I imagine some statements on the troopergate investigation would also be useful, though I'd understand if she wouldn't be able to talk about that while the investigation is ongoing (though I guess I'd like to know what she has to say about accusations that she's stonewalling the investigation).
I don't think these are unfair things to want to know, and she obviously isn't going to just voluntarily address a lot of these things while just reading speeches to big crowds of supporters. If the McCain camp deems an interview too dangerous because she'd be put on the spot to answer questions like these, then I think taking the McCain/Palin ticket to task for that is perfectly reasonable.
