Yes, she does. She is a public figure. She courts the press. It is clear she is thinking about running in 2012.
It is very poor judgment to have worn that hat.
Is she so naive as to think the press wouldn’t notice? So dumb that she thinks crossing out her running mates name isn’t going to lead to speculation.
All she had to do was take a DIFFERENT HAT. She could get one for less than 10 bucks. She CHOSE that hat. She CHOSE to mark out his name.
Yes, she does have to explain. If she wanted to go incognito she could have worn something different.
So rookie mistake? Naive? DUMB? Or Calculated?