Palin has been offficially found to have violated the public trust by abusing her power as governor. Here is the attempt to obfuscate the matter of Palin's abuse of power.

According to CNN, the lawyers representing Palin and her husband, Todd Palin, issued a three-page attack on the investigative report, including the contention that Ethics Act violations can only involve financial motives and financial "potential gain, or the avoidance of a potential loss."

"Here, there is no accusation, no finding and no facts that money or financial gain to the governor was involved in the decision to replace Monegan," the lawyers said.

The Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a) reads "The legislature reaffirms that each public officer holds office as a public trust, and any effort to benefit a personal or financial interest through official action is a violation of that trust."

So according to the statute, it is an effort to benefit a "personal or financial interest " that is subject to this statute. She violated the personal interset portion of the the statute.

McCain knew she was under investigation but chose her in spite of that. This is business as usual politics. McCain is no maverick and neither is Palin. Palin move into the governor's mansion and fought the existing political establishment only to replace one corrupt administration with her own corrupt administration.

From gallup.

While 6% of voters say they are less likely to vote for Barack Obama because of his race, 9% say they are more likely to vote for him, making the impact of his race a neutral to slightly positive factor when all voters’ self-reported attitudes are taken into account.

Here is the link.