Freeze Up?

JONATHAN ADLER:

"I found it odd that Palin could not name another Supreme Court decision with which she disagreed. After all, we know that she is aware of at least one Supreme Court decision other than Roe v. Wade with which she disagrees. Just over a month ago she criticized the Supreme Court's decision in the Exxon Valdez case, slashing the punitive damages awarded by the trial court. So did she simply freeze up and forget? Was she afraid of a 'gotcha' comeback if she named a specific case? Or is she that much of a knucklehead that she can't even remember what she thought of the Court several weeks ago? My read of the video is that the first is most likely, but I'm sure others will disagree."

Maybe if Governor Palin was running for President I might assume she froze up. I think there is a more likely explanation. Since she is running on the McCain ticket as Vice President, I suspect she believes she needs to answer questions as the Presidential candidate would. If so, and if she and McCain had never discussed Exxon Valdez, then she would not know how she should answer the question. I'm pretty sure McCain and Palin, or Palin and McCain's people, would have discussed how to talk about Roe. I'm also pretty sure it is unlikely they discussed many other Court opinions.