Palin follies, Day 7 — Eagleton 2 now ‘on ice’

McCain staff keeps Palin on ice for “education and training”; ex b-I-l Wooten breaks ice; Troopergate subpoenas issued, but not to Palin

Palin on ice — if Sarah Palin is such a great Veep, then why is McCain putting her on ice up in the frozen tundra?

The campaign will “also use the plane time and time on the ground to begin the education of Sarah Palin,” Fineman said. “They want to take that pause to train.”

More here at the local level from the Alaska blogosphere.

“Hole up”? We’re past the traditional Labor Day start to the election calendar with two months left and counting until Nov. 4.

At the same time, what if wingers and the Religious Right start howling for more Palin appearances? Sounds like Schmuck Talk Express™ will be in a pickle over having a long-distance Veepship relationship with his “partner and soulmate.” (Funny way to show she’s your soulmate, too.)

Palin and the media — A slim majority of poll respondents think media coverage of Palin has been fair (For poll details, go here [PDF] — see page 5 and following.) Other tidbits from the poll show Palin and Joe Biden get the same support among independents, despite Palin theoretically having a “bounce” from the RNC. Meanwhile, Palin actually is more a dead weight on POTUS-Veep ticket support than Biden (graph, page 2). A plurality of respondents on Palin think the lacks Veep-level experience (page 3).

Troopergate — The stall tactics grow, and the Anchorage Daily News takes Palin to the editorial woodshed.

Meanwhile, the investigation speeds up. State Sen. Hollis French is subpoenaing seven witnesses, although not Palin herself, in the polite, courteous and totally deluded conceit that she will voluntarily cooperated.

On that count, with the French committee being bipartisan, GOP Rep Jay Ramras says Palin’s, ahem, “unique political circumstances” should rule that out.

What bullshit. Did Bill Clinton’s “unique political circumstances” stop the Gingrich-DeLay-Armey drive a decade ago? No.

But, at the same time, have Beltway Congressional Democrats signed off on that bullshit with Bush-Cheney, with non-sworn testimony on 9/11, etc.? Yes.

When will Dems wake up?

Consider this another reason to vote Green.

And, we’re getting some pushback hardball. French is advancing the timetable on the release date of his investigation, from Oct. 31 to early October. Just in time to have plenty of political traction.


And, ex-brother-in-law Mike Wooten talks to the media. (Video on webpage.)

Details:
1. He admits using the Taser on his stepson, while saying it was not maliciously done;
2. He denies drinking and driving on duty;
3. He says McCain’s choice of Palin is “wonderful for the state of Alaska.”

Nothing new on the Trig front to report, other than noting that the “third option” on Trig’s parentage was nothing more than a red herring.