Oh, and if the legislative investigation finds that she did, in fact, abuse her power, she could be indicted.

Spiro Agnew all over again.

I just love it when the MSM & their leftist nutroot allies strain at every Republican gnat while swallowing dozens of Dem camels.

If I were truly partisan I'd let the above insinuation stand and say nothing more. But I'm not, so I will… Everyone needs to keep in mind that Palin is under investigation. That's more serious than mere allegations, but by the same token it implies nothing at all about her true culpability. She has not been indicted for anything, and she certainly hasn't been found guilty of anything.

But goodness, considering the way things stand in her case, McCain took one hell of a chance picking her to be his running mate. Apparently at least one of the investigations are scheduled to release their findings in the first couple of days in November. No matter what kind of positive impression Palin makes between now and then, if the findings conclude she was culpable McCain is toast. Likewise (and regardless of the findings), if Palin fails to make a positive impression between now and then McCain is toast. The only way this pick works is if everything goes really, really well — so well that the GOP establishment rethinks how much of a slap in the face his pick is.

Basically, he's counting on turning a battleship around on a dime. That's a laudable ambition, but not a very realistic one. And even if he manages to turn it, it's now become even more inscrutable what his eventual bearings will be. Will Palin knuckle under to McCain's insistence that ANWR remain pristine? Will Palin agree with McCain that global warming really is a big deal? Where do they stand on immigration these days? How about stem cell research? What about Iraq — or any other foreign policy venue? Where do they stand on taxing oil companies and distributing the proceeds to low income individuals? What about health care? So many unanswered questions, and only less than 70 days to answer them. And if they don't, then they become the less safe alternative. Who woulda guessed THAT last week?

If, as you assume, the public expects that politicians use their official positions to pursue personal vendettas, then MCCain and Palin shuld welcome a thorough airing. It'll prove they aren't “hopelessly naive”.

Remember, Death Squads often begin targeting Drug Dealers and other “undesirables”. There is probably a great scandal in many places where Mayors, County Executives, District Attorneys and others all the way up to Governors, Chief of Staffs and Presidents misuse their authority to get “Bad people”.

Nobody but a Christopher Hitchens would target Mother Theresa, so often the defense of Abuse of Power is that the person is saving the common good.

However, the whole point of having laws and governments is so that people in power or otherwise cannot privately decide who is “bad” and punish them.

Sarah Palin may turn out to be a wonderful statesmen, but what we know of her right now, especially in light of her laughing at a cancer survivor Lyda Green being mocked and called names by Alaska's version of the ubiquitous “shock jocks”, is that she never had any intention of being President any time soon, so why should we elect her to be Vice President now?