Is it possible, she just didn't want to answer? She was aware of 'the trap'. The real trap, which the McCain campaign people should have protected her from zealously, was the fact that the interview was taped, not live.
Conservatives should never consent to a taped interview with hostile liberal media -- ever.
Palin was heavily edited by a hostile editor. Bad mistake, taping an interview with an attack 'Rat like Couric.
That said, the main axes of the Gibson/Couric/'RatMediaPlex attack should have been mapped and anticipated, and Palin better prepared to meet them.
Too, the thought has occurred to me that, an honest woman herself, Palin may have been staggered just staring into the basilisk eye of someone as rotten as Couric and seeing all that evil boiling and writhing inside her. Palin may simply have been shocked, to meet someone as intelligently malefic as Couric.
Sarah wasn't shocked at evil! Nothing intelligent about Couric - merely a talking mouth w/evil intent.
From what I read - Sarah did not want to do the interview but the McShame group insisted.
This one incident has been blown out of the water - and it's obvious why. If someone who you know is out to destroy you and you are told you must do the interview - you can bet they will have their piece of flesh - no matter what! Sarah didn't answer for a reason - I'm glad she didn't. $*rew the commie media and all their ilk who fall in line w/lies - that she is not prepared. You can always tell someone who gulped down the propaganda with their 'she's not ready, she needs to brush up, blah blah! Media spawns that ate the poison.