Why are they hiding her?

Sarah Palin is still using a teleprompter and not talking to the press.  Yes, she needs to be opened up for more scrutiny by press.  If the McCain campaign doesn't, the press will really start to go after her.  When you don't give them stuff to report on, they'll just start speculating.  And enough speculation about somebody morphs into fact in the minds of viewers when there is nothing to rebut the speculation.  

The longer she stays hidden, the more it shows she's unprepared about practically every issue facing this country.  If Barack Obama can go on Bill O'Reilly, surely Sarah Palin talk to someone with a tape recorder.