There's Even More Damaging Statements From Couric's Interview With Palin?

It appears so:

Sarah Palin has been struggling in her own debates -- with network anchors. While the Alaska governor hardly drew rave reviews for her interview with Charlie Gibson, her sit-down with Katie Couric last week opened the floodgates of criticism, even from conservatives.

Palin was halting, repetitive and occasionally stumped on basic questions. And the worst moments -- boasting again, Tina Fey-like, of Alaska's proximity to Russia -- have been endlessly replayed on other networks and the Web.

It may have been a turning point for Couric, who was persistent without being overbearing, in shedding early doubts about her ability to be a commanding presence in the CBS anchor chair. And the worst may be yet to come for Palin; sources say CBS has two more responses on tape that will likely prove embarrassing. * * *

My immediate response to the existence of this additional footage is, why wasn't it shown last week? CBS notoriously edited comments McCain made in an interview where he got certain facts wrong with regard to The Surge, so maybe CBS was pulling the same crap with Palin but now feels more comfortable airing these additional segments (which must be pretty freaking bad) given that Palin is being roundly criticized by folks on the right as well as by folks on the left.

By the way, Slic[k] sent me this interesting piece as to why it would be somewhat difficult for McCain to replace Palin at this point.