Guess Who Is Chillin’ With the Press and Guess Who Isn’t?

Turns our Governor Sarah Palin is now “pallin’ around” with the press.  And apparently it’s a lot more time than Joe Biden or Barack Obama spend with the press nowadays.

It was less than two weeks ago when Sarah Palin astonished her traveling press corps by lifting the curtain (literally) and journeying to the back of her campaign plane to answer reporters’ questions for the first time after 40 days on the campaign trail. But the candidate who has been criticized for having a bunker mentality when it came to the national media can now lay legitimate claim to being more accessible than either Joe Biden or Barack Obama.

By comparison…

…Biden hasn’t held a press conference in more than a month, and Obama hasn’t taken questions from his full traveling press corps since the end of September.

It also turns out she’s also spending more time with the press than John McCain is as well.  But it’s good to see Governor Palin finally opening up and becoming more comfortable with the media.  This was clearly shown during Palin’s guest appearance on Saturday Night Live. The question becomes, in these last two weeks of the campaign, will her time spent with the media pay off?  Can’t say I’m betting on that one.