In tonight’s installment of “Sarah Palin and Katie Couric: The Miniseries,” Governor Palin, 44, is asked about her remarks that she has been listening to Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s speeches “since I was in, like, second grade.”

Ms. Couric asked Ms. Palin, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, if the comment was not “risky” considering her running mate, Senator John McCain is 72 years old:



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Oh no, it’s nothing negative at all. He’s got a lot of experience and just stating the fact there, that we’ve been hearing his speeches for all these years. So he’s got a tremendous amount of experience and, you know, I’m the new energy, the new face, the new ideas and he’s got the experience based on many many years in the Senate and voters are gonna have a choice there of what it is that they want in these next four years.



Ms. Couric also asked Ms. Palin about her position on abortion, contraception, also known as the morning-after pill and about her preferred choice of reading material:

Couric: And when it comes to establishing your worldview, I was curious, what newspapers and magazines did you regularly read before you were tapped for this to stay informed and to understand the world? Palin: I’ve read most of them, again with a great appreciation for the press, for the media. Couric: What, specifically? Palin: Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me all these years. Couric: Can you name a few? Palin: I have a vast variety of sources where we get our news, too. Alaska isn’t a foreign country, where it’s kind of suggested, “Wow, how could you keep in touch with what the rest of Washington, D.C., may be thinking when you live up there in Alaska?” Believe me, Alaska is like a microcosm of America.

More of the Couric/Palin interview here.

“CBS Evening News” will air a segment tomorrow night in which Ms. Palin and Mr. Biden will be asked questions.