The new post-Couric spin/CW among Palin sympathizers is that the protective shield around the Alaska governor has hurt more than helped and that she should have initially done more than just a handful of highly-anticipated network sit-downs. It's a feeling that is shared inside some quarters of the campaign, by figures on the right at National Review and the Weekly Standard and, according to Bill Kristol in his Times column today, by McCain himself.



Indeed, it has become a safe enough sentiment to express that even Mitt Romney, an otherwise disciplined and on-message surrogate, used an appearance today on "Morning Joe" to second-guess the approach.



"Holding Sarah Palin to just three interviews and microscopically focusing on each interview I think has been a mistake," Romney said, per PolitickerMA. "I think they'd be a lot wiser to let Sarah Palin be Sarah Palin. Let her talk to the media, let her talk to people."

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