The Headline should read informal advisor suggests Palin appologize.

From what's put forth there does not seem to be a pasttense to the article, he is simply giving his opinion at the moment.

Now, if someone who was an advisor to Palin had advised her not to use her office to settle personal family disputes, that would be interesting, however as her emails on the subject have been withheld by her administration, we are not likely to see such information in the near future.

I dare you to make it stick.

John something-or-other? Awful smile, brags about voting with Bush more than 90% of the time, cheated on his first wife with a heiress, thinks being held captive for years makes him Presidential material, wanted investigators to lay off his buddy Charles Keating ... you know, that guy.

Wait, don't tell me, I'll remember his name in a minute.

I know some people out there are thinking she's just a great boon for women & feminism - but taking every vile deed she's done & waving it about as she presents herself as a victim is NOT helping my gender.

Evita McCain, I mean Sarah Palin, is just getting ready to head up the mantle left by Dick Cheney. After all, she's going to have to go out and schill for this administration after the stupidest people on the face of the earth elect her and McCain. She'll take her gun on the road and do an Annie Oakley act, shooting skeet and telling the liberals in the crowd this will be them after she and her 'guy' are through shredding what's left of the Constitution.

So, instead of doing what is legally required, Palin is doing a Cheney and simply denying the legality of her being investigated by anyone. Perhaps she wishes to put forth the "unitary executive theory of governorship"?

It is clear that a Palin VP would be at least as secretive as the Cheney VP AND CONGRESS WOULD ALLOW IT because impeachment is forever off the table. They set the precedent (congress), so now they may have to live with it, and unfortunately, so might the rest of us REAL human beings.

These are liberal lies -- just like that cartoon Rocky and Bullwinkle was a deviant, sexist, communist ploy to turn young children into LSD-taking zombies, this lawyer.

Senior Assistant Attorney General Michael Barnhill, in a letter to Alaska lawmakers, questioned whether the investigation is biased and threatened try to quash subpoenas for seven Palin administration officials who have refused to be interviewed in the probe.

Now, those are some GOP bona fides...

Barnhill said issuing subpoenas would violate a clause in the state's constitution that protects individual reputations from McCarthy-like smear tactics.

What's the word I'm looking for... Oh yeah, chutzpah.

Once upon a time there was an evil brother-in-law that tasered his children and threatened to kill his father-in-law.

Shortly there after I read a story of a man who "just wants to get on with his life" after a very messy divorce.

The dad's side of the story is that the kid saw his dad (the troopers) taser and asked what it felt like, so he turned it on the lowest possible setting and gave the kid a jolt. The kid laughed and asked him to do it again. Dad refused. Maybe not the brightest bulb on the family tree but certainly not the evil bastard I first thought him to be. The threats all seem to be hearsay reported by the other side of a very ugly family rift. T

That's why there should be an investigation because now it seems like a cover-up is emerging.

This could be very intentional harassment an spiteful family member in high places.

Shine the light on this one, now.

I've been away from Salon for awhile and was hoping someone could fill me in: Did War Room (hopefully) ditch Tom Schaller?

Is it just me or is Biden not really out there being the attack dog for Obama?

Clueless, unethical and no moral compass -- that should elevate her in the eyes of Republican voters.

"Palin's lawyer also said Branchflower should stop interviewing witnesses" and called the investigation "unlawful and unconstitutional."

Does Palin's lawyer work for the Bush Administration? Because this sounds like the exact argument Bush made (unsuccessfully) as to why Miers and Bolton could not testify in Congress.

Sarah Palin responds to any opposition and any question about her conduct in office or her qualifications with personal attacks, intimidation and strong-arm tactics. She's been doing it since she fired a librarian who wouldn't agree to book-banning. And her reason for the firing is straight out of Bush's playbook -- the librarian "didn't support her as mayor." Personal loyalty to the Fuhrer uber alles.

It's not the crime, it's the cover-up.

I guess it would be too much for Charles Gibson to question her on the coverups when he interviews her.

As much as I hate to agree with Tom Friedman, he was right in his interview with Charlie Rose. We're in danger of becoming a bananna republic.

My dad, who is 85 year old, still talks about McCarthyism. This is our McCarthy era, only worse. We have to stop these bastards. When are the journalists going to do something?

Anyone? Anyone?

Classic Republican behavior. Don't we all remember this in Florida after the 2000 vote?

Is this the new definition of 'progressivism' - attacking a woman who stood up for a tasered child and various threatened family members, while rooting for an apparently abusive COP who is being propped up by the aforementioned woman's political enemies? My, my, how things have changed here on the, uh, Lef.

'Left'.

but Lincoln Chafee is stepping up to the plate and framing The Hot Chick in words every American can understand.

Meanwhile I have no doubt that Charlie Gibson and The Hot Chick are spending the day rehearsing her interview.

Gibson:

"Your candidacy has the momentum of a runaway freight train. How do you explain you incredible popularity?"

Hot Chick:

"A tough question, but fair...."