I would like to see more Politicians speaking directly to the people, and not through the press - Shawn Kirsch

Why should she speak to the media. They misreport and distort anything she says. - Russ Jackson

she talks in gibberish, no distortion necessary. But I do agree with Shawn. - Mike White

This is exactly the way it should be. I get the direct story from her. I get the whole story from her. No editing, distorting by middlemen. I can then make my own decisions as to what I think of it. - Nick in Manila

If politicians really wanted to be trustable, they'd write their own material and spend only their own money. - SuezanneC Baskerville

I don't mind her speaking "to the people" but not ignoring the press. It's like making a public statement that many want to hear, then turning to your group of friends and talking about it while everyone strains to listen. I like Palin, but don't like this communications strategy. - Rob Williams

Directly talking to people - why not? We may as well have direct constant internet standing polls, from official representatives, with President starting, where public, one SSN per vote, would vote, with checkbox "advise" or "binding" perhaps ...But then this old question comes - who really decides? Direct democracy - majority votes, or elected representatives, specialists, politicians? ..Since specialists ought to be here, in my view, really to advice public, it really should be that direct public instant vote to decide ...... elections will take 1 day then and elected politicians will become managers, administrators of public votes results . good, I think. ... http://friendfeed.com/Mashabl... - http://friendfeed.com/BarackO... - http://friendfeed.com/GavinNe... - Petr Buben