skink – No one here cares about the Branchflower report. We all knew what was coming: an attempt to diminish Palin. No big deal; just another day at the office.
Actually, the whole investigation is instructive of trying to reach across the aisle. Palin has a mix of people in her administration, including old foes, independents, and Democrats. Sure enough, when the time comes, the others will not back you. Since she stomped her own party, too, she lacks their support. All she has is the people. So, a bi-partisan report is meaningless.
Predictably, they issued findings, which they’re not allowed to do, instead of recommendations. They found no abuse of power. They found that she MIGHT have violated the ethics provision. If they had worded it differently, it couldn’t tar her at all. For example , they could’ve said, “We couldn’t find where she definitively violated….” It’s the same thing, but the press reports on the violated, leaving out the MIGHT have. Might have is just gossipy.
