Palin's press avoidance shocks Maria Shriver

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Carla Marinucci, Chronicle Political Writer


California first lady Maria Shriver - whose father, Sargent Shriver, ran for both president and vice president - said she finds it "unbelievable, jaw-dropping" that Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin so far has managed to sidestep news conferences and Sunday TV talk shows.

Shriver, a prominent veteran broadcast journalist and bestselling author who is married to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, is preparing to interview and talk with dozens of international newsmakers, politicians and celebrities at her popular Women's Conference on Oct. 21 and 22 at the Long Beach Convention Center.

She quizzed Cindy McCain and Michelle Obama last year at the annual event. But she said Palin, running mate of Republican presidential candidate John McCain, will not be present to address the conference audience, estimated to reach 15,000 women in the convention center and as many as 1 million women who will watch it on the Internet.

"Actually, we did play around with that," Shriver told The Chronicle in a phone interview Tuesday. But "if one wants to do that, the real issue was that you'd have to do it (an interview) in a no-holds-barred way.

"So let's just say she's not coming," Shriver said.

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[Dragonfli]

1. Journalists with questions ask - Have You Seen This..

..Missing Woman?

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. It seems to me that palin has lost the buzz completely. Nobody cares

about palin, she's been written off already.

[dynasaw]

3. Yeah, but can you trust a woman . . .

with a bear behind?