COCOONING IN THE CAMPAIGN? CBS reports: “Palin becomes increasingly accessible to the national media . . . . By contrast, Biden hasn’t held a press conference in more than a month, and Obama hasn’t taken questions from his full traveling press corps since the end of September.”

UPDATE: Heh: “I am utilizing my retroactive genius to note the now-so-obvious-it-was-inevitable media surge in support of Sarah Palin.” Plus this: “A bunch of bored, paunchy male reporters hanging out with the Hot Chick and liking it – imagine my surprise. My question is, what took the McCain geniuses so long to figure this out?”