The State Trooper-gate seems to be the only thing getting attention lately. However, there is a pattern of abusive power in Palin.

As mayor she fired the city librarian because she wouldn't remove books from the library that Palin disapproved of. A book burner.

As mayor she also fired the Chief of Police because he supported her opponent during the campaign. Very cheney-esque.

She also set a policy requiring department heads to get her approval before talking to any reporter. A policy against the First Amendment?

As govenor she replaced the entire Board of Agriculture and Conservation because they wanted to shutdown a money-losing state dairy. Her newly appointed Board kept the dairy open, it continued to lose money, and when they finally did sell it it sold for half of what they originally asked for.

That's not the type of character I want a heartbeat away from a 72 year old president.