amongst my group of drinking buddies, i have a standing wager of $1 that sarah won't make it to election, too much baggage.

This can't be good. So when will the subpoenas be postmarked?

Isn't Senate Pres. Green an arch nemesis of Palin?

keep in mind that Lyda Green is also a member of the Legislative Council and participated in their unanimous vote (see item 4) back in July which launched this investigation to begin with and appointed Hollis French the manage it.

Actually Lyda Green is the governement official who Sarah Palin laughed at on the radio. A cancer survivor and most definitely an enemy of hers. The subpoena's are a done deal

Branchflower’s investigation will wrap up by Oct. 10, according to Alaska Daily News.

Sorry about the multiples.

The truly amusing (and I mean very, very funny) aspect to all this is that the Republican President of the Senate, Lyda Green, is the very same woman who Palin mocked earlier this year on a radio show with Bob Lester. What kind of person thinks it's funny when someone calls a cancer survivor "a cancer," and a "bitch?" Since then, she and Palin have been widely known to be mortal enemies. Here's an article describing the radio appearance: http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/97081/palin_laughs_as_opponent_is_called_%22bitch,%22_%22cancer,%22_mocked_for_her_weight/

It's ugly stuff, but I guess karma has a way of taking care of these sorts of things. Of course, there may be a chance that Green may decide that she prefers to get Palin out of the state of Alaska, and therefore not approve the subpoenas.

Interestingly, Lesil McGuire's husband, Tom Anderson, is serving 5-years for federal corruption.

I doubt Green will object - she said already that, since she's retiring at the end of this term, the Republicans don't have a lot of leverage on her...

Sarah Palin is coated with Teflon, so unless Branchflower uncovers a smoking gun it won't affect the campaign. The Chair of the Committee Hollis French and the investigator Stephen Branchflower are both lawyers, it balances out all those lawyers the RNC is throwing at this one.

Sorry about the multiple posts, TPM apparently doesn't like Opera browsers.

I've always figured that Alaska's "First Dude" is the eminence grise in Juneau.
I'm hoping we'll find out what his role really is in the scheme of things.

Is there something wrong with this website so that the same comments are posted more than once? Or do we have people who are so hungry for attention, they repeat their deathless word of prose on purpose?

Wake up and smell the horse manure. Palin is under investigation for abuse of power! But then again, why should I be surprised? We're talking about a Republican party which will resort to threats, lies, and abuse of power in order to mislead the American people. Recall the CIA leak case. The Republican administration didn't like what Ambassador Wilson have to say because it did not blend in with Cheney's war plans, so he was punished by leaking his wife's job. And now, we have a governor who did not like the fact that someone did not do her bidding to fire her ex-brother-in-law, so she fires him! What's next? Detaining foreign nationals? Threatening them with torture? All for "national security?" Way to go Republicans! It's no wonder Europeans seem to confuse the USA with fascism...or are they really confused? It's time to take back our country! It's time to come out of the liberal closet. Away with Republican leaders!

According to a new AP/GfK (Roper) poll, Palin continues to contribute significantly to McCain's (still slight!) lead over Obama. The lead is sustained mostly among the White, rural, older demographics. And most say that Obama's lack of experience is more important than Palin's.

So what can we conclude? That a healthy chunk of the voters think an ethics investigation is a sign of experience? This proves she is a good politicians -- because she can face down any attempt to make her accountable for her abuses of office? (THAT certainly IS a useful job skill in any Bush-esque administration!)

To these supporters' minds, experience is measured in years only and not in the quality of the decisions made in those years. Forget that the Bush admin seems to adopt all of Obama's calls on handling foreign policy, after (of course) they deride him as naive for suggesting them. Nevermind that McCain's campaign seems fueled more by lies and distraction than actual evidence that he has significant plans for the future direction of the country that would actually change where Bush has taken us. Forget that the selection of Palin (who may possibly become President) IS a sign of McCain's decision making process.

IF (!) Obama loses this thing, he will take the heat for the failure. But really, the American people will be the ones who failed. Faced with overwhelming evidence of the more-of-the-(Mc)Sameness that got us to this sad state of national affairs, they will have still chosen the grumpy old bozo and his pretty skirt.

And you know why Failin' Palin isn't being subpoenaed in this investigation?

Even if she refuses to testify voluntarily, Sarah Palin will definitely not be subpoenaed as part of the Trooper-Gate investigation, Rep. Jay Ramras, a Republican on the committee overseeing the probe, just confirmed to TPMmuckraker.

Ramras said that issuing a subpoena for a vice-presidential candidate "would be disrespectful." He called it "inappropriate conduct, given the unique political circumstances," and "bad form."

Because it would be "disrespectful". People who who have been nominated for VP deserve not to be investigated for their own malfeasance, because it would be "disrespectful".

Welcome to the new Authoritarianism.

Who exactly is this Todd Palin? What makes him tick?

Could it be that by making this example of American cheesiness the hot topic du jour in the campaign McGoo keeps his real choice Joe Lieberman waiting in the wings for the moment when she is dropped from the campaign or withdraws? Is she a red herring?

I hope and pray this doesn't double post.

This is the Sarah Palin I know ... exclusive interview with a monkey... (yes.. a monkey)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LgJQ8UQWGU

Dangerous woman.