This is a solid update on a continuing situation involving a legislative (and now self-reported ethics) investigation of Republican VP candidate Palin. All stakeholders were contacted, quotes gathered, and situations explained factually. The reporter leads with the right information, about the relative oddity of a self-reported and transparent ethics "complaint." Without expressing opinion, the reporter uses interviews to suggest why the ethics route is preferred by Palin. I use the word "suggest" because (a) Palin may be doing this to get the issue out of the political arena and into the disclosure one in that she wants the truth to come out or (b) using the disclosure arena as a legal maneuver to prevent the truth from coming ... More »

Ms. Demer has written a clear, informative and very important article on Sarah Palin's maneuvering to take the investigation of her on the charge of "abuse of office" away from the state legislature and put into the hands of a three-person Personnel Board. This stinks of an attempt to delay investigatory results from being released before the election or an attempt to put the case into "friendlier" hands and should be rigorously pursued in follow-up stories.

It appears the reporter really tried to get enough info to thoroughly explain this case. While it presents a good set of facts and evidence, it is no surprise that too many holes remain, and maybe the writing could be more clear. One commenter may be correct in musing that there is some stalling going on.

As one comment on that website indicated, this is simply a delay tactic. Palin wants the results of the investigation to be delayed until after the election. If the current investigation proceeds unimpeded, the results will be public a few days prior to the election. This is nothing but disingenuous politics. She's pretending to be ethical when she's really just trying to keep important information away from the public until it's too late to do any good.