Anyway, I feel it's worth injecting (albeit late) on Troopergate. The guy that she actually fired held an appointive position and Palin was well within her rights to fire him just because he looked at her wrong. It doesn't constitute an abuse of power to use your discretionary powers for personal motives.

Ironically, however, if he'd fired the trooper she wanted fired, he'd have abused his power, and chances are the trooper would've sued for wrongful termination too. Weird how that works out. Palin's decision was no more abuse of power than Ford's decision to pardon Nixon, which, whilst it may be criticised in some circles (it's worth bearing in mind that Ford was given the John F Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for the pardon, and even Ted Kennedy admitted that history proved Ford to have made the right call), it was never an impeachable offence, as it wasn't an abuse of power.

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Michale.....

All he needs to do is avoid words that are attributed to woman only

This IS Joe Biden we are talking about, remember?? :D

The same Joe Biden who said, when asked about Palin's qualifications said, "Well, she's better looking than I am.."

Granted, it's true..... But still...

Michale......

Michale....

Uh... Hillary as SoS? Yeah right. Sorry, having tea with the wives of world leaders doesn't make you qualified to take on the husbands in negotiations. And she won't be in the cabinet anyway. I'm sure Obama has already promised her to be on point for the health care bill along with Ted Kennedy. Richardson will be Sec of State. He's already negotiated with many of the main players and is well respected around the world.

@Michale

I think Joe should start the debate with an opening comment of:

"I respect Gov. Palin for the position she's earned in Alaska, the dedication she's shown for both her constituants and her wonderful family. She has also shown us early on that she can stand on the stage as an equal, and I will show her that respect. I intend to treat her no differently than I would if it were a man standing here against me."

Then let her have it. All he needs to do is avoid words that are attributed to woman only, like "shrill". But he shouldn't have to hold back on policy fights at all. He's debated plenty of woman senators over the decades, as well as woman that have come before his committees, he should be fine.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/columnists/fergus_shanahan/article1647092.ece

Michale.....

I picture Biden sitting at his desk with his debate plan and a big fat red marker..

"Nope, can't use that {scratch}... Nope, shouldn't use that {scratch}... Oh god, I wish I could use THAT, but.... no {scratch}... I could PROBABLY get away with that but... nope, better not chance it {scratch}...."

Palin has REALLY changed the dynamics of the race. I am betting that the Obama team has thrown their ENTIRE gameplan out the window and starting anew.

I HOPE that the Obama campaign is not thinking of resurrecting it's Primary plan to use against Palin. That will be the biggest failure in general election history.

Michale.....

Look at things objectively. Obama has energized his base. Despite stumbles with FISA, (a stance I happen to agree with) and a few other positions, Obama's base IS energized.

And, after kissing Hillary's ass so completely at the convention, any Hillary supporter who DOESN'T support Obama now, won't EVER support Obama.

So, Obama doesn't need to pander to Hillary supporters any longer. He's done all he could and THEN some.

BUT....

Obama can energize the opposition AGAINST him by further pandering and putting Hillary in any position within his administration.

In short, putting Hillary in his administration does Obama absolutely NO good and could do him a lot of harm.

Michale.....

In a time where the country is so desperate for change they wanted the best of both worlds. The wanted Obama and they also wanted Hillary. And if McCain can color Palin in enough of Hillary's light he has a fighting chance. Of course the Republicans hated Hillary but often times people fear what they really love.

So here is my idea it is time for Barack to start talking about his cabinet in which Hillary's name is mention. I think the Job of Secretary of State will suit her just fine.I know you think that this might rally the right but the right is already ralling.

...Stan

I just have one question fer ya on that wonderful post...how do you get this kind of stuff past the powers that be at Huffington Post...you know what...try adding 'blogosphere' whenever you mention something dissing the media and you might get up to as many deletions as me!

Great post...as per usual.