Exactly! If he was caught off guard by a question, he was the master of deflection. He would come up with a quip, make everyone chuckle and it was all good. Palin was asked to expand on her statement that being the governor of a state in such close proximity to the Soviet Union made her, somehow, qualified in matters of foreign affairs. Her response was babble. Zip, zero, nada. If she looks like Obama without a teleprompter when the press throws softballs, what's gonna happen when they break out the "gotcha" questions?