Sarah Palin will hold a presser tomorrow during the Republican Governors Association in Miami -- where some possible 2012 hopefuls are gathering -- adding to her media rounds she's been doing this week. Those include Greta Van Susteran and Matt Lauer.  The question then is, why would Palin give a media corps the time of day when it treated her as a lab rat to be poked and prodded for much of the election -- at least, as she and the McCain campaign saw things.

That Atlantic's Ross Douthat suggests that it might be a good thing for Palin to sweet-talk the media out of its ingrained bias against her:

I'd also note that a post-election goodwill tour might be Palin's best chance for a while to change the "Palin Rules" that have governed her media coverage since August - rules which state, so far as I can tell, that almost any negative claim made about the Alaska governor is to be published first and double-checked later. (The rules were set during the convention-week feeding frenzy, and excused on the grounds that the media had to play catch-up on an unknown nominee, but now that Palin's no longer a candidate for vice president they seem to still be in effect.)...

It may be that unfair coverage of various sorts is just baked in the cake for Sarah Palin from now on. But if she wants to run for national office in the future, trying to charm the "elite liberal media" into changing how it covers her seems like a savvier bet than just complaining about its bias.

Maybe. But even if Palin successfully charms the pants off the MSM, it's unlikely to do any good for her political future. Douthat's right that the bias is already "baked into the cake," which means that a 2012 run will only bring 2008's battles right back. Palin's trying to set the record straight right now, not get into the good graces of Matt Lauer. Her political future will rise and fall depending on how she finishes her term in Alaska (and I agree with Camille Paglia that she should avoid the Senate at all costs) and charms the Republican base, if that's what she's intending.

UPDATE: Via Halperin, Palin will be on CNN's The Situation Room today and Larry King tonight.