Every campaign has a duty to protect its candidate. Good staffers have to be reluctant to offer up their principal when they know the press will make no honest attempt to be fair – and the media’s behavior upon the announcement of Palin’s candidacy showed massive bias…

When you’re the press secretary on the campaign running against the media’s darling, there’s almost nothing you can do to fight the pack mentality. Each time your candidate makes a mistake, reporters will blow it out of proportion – even as they ignore or write off your opponent’s similar mistakes…

Palin’s lack of availability is more extreme, but until reporters show that they want to do an objective interview with no agenda, the McCain camp is within its rights to limit access.