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The statement they put out comes off as amateurish. Not surprisingly, it probably was crafted by someone who doesn't have the greatest amount of experience in managing national media.

Exactly what do you think could be done to manage the national media regarding Palin, given the ridiculously hostile treatment she's received across the board so far?

Also, you call the statement amateurish, but I think you are mistaking the fact that her statement doesn't follow the usual media model for amateurism. Part of Palin's appeal has always been that she's "regular folks". A slick big PR firm-issued statement such as we get regularly from our politicians would have been contrary to that image. There is no winning for Palin with the media. Period. So she might as well just do what she thinks is right.

"A slick big PR firm-issued statement such as we get regularly from our politicians would have been contrary to that image.

A competent PR or political consulting firm wouldn't have issued ANY statement - slick or otherwise. It's one thing to defend YOURSELF from attacks on your personal integrity or policy decisions, but it's quite another to respond to critics of your teenage daughter, especially when those attacks are coming from her ex-boyfriend.

This is a family matter and Palin would have been wiser to take the high road and not have commented.