Do you like an arrogant, unaccountable Executive branch? You'll LOVE the administration of McCain/Cheney-in-lipstick

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss:

The Alaska legislators said Friday that they had no plans to subpoena Palin to force testimony from the governor because she had promised to cooperate. But Democratic state Sen. Hollis French, one of the legislators involved in the inquiry, said seven of Palin's aides had recently declined to be deposed. Palin's lawyer also has pressed to have the matter handled by the Alaska Personnel Board, an agency whose three members are Republican appointees.

Palin's attorney, Thomas V. Van Flein, warned that the Legislature has only "limited investigatory power" -- a caution that some Democratic legislators worry is a prelude to a court battle that would tie the case in knots until after the November election.

"It would be very easy for them to run out the clock," said state Rep. Les Gara, a Democrat pressing for subpoenas. Gara said that if attorneys for Palin and her aides took the case to court, it would wind its way to the Alaska Supreme Court.

Republican lawmakers minimized that threat. "I think a report will be forthcoming in a timely fashion," said state Rep. Jay Ramras, who has been involved with French in a bipartisan effort to look into Monegan's firing.

Both French and Ramras said in a joint statement that they expected a report delivered by Oct. 10 -- well before the election.

Hmmm....abuse of the power of the office, stonewalling an investigation -- yup, the pieces are all there. No wonder the Republicans love Sarah Palin so much. But stonewalling is clearly the theme of the McCain campaign, which in true Cheney fashion, is keeping her hidden in Cheney's underground bunker for two weeks, because only with Palin it's because she's not ready for prime-time and they're afraid she'll say something to get Saint John in trouble:

And the McCain campaign is actively involved in making sure that its #2, in true Republican fashion, never, ever has to account for her actions:

Key Alaska allies of John McCain are trying to derail a politically charged investigation into Gov. Sarah Palin's firing of her public safety commissioner in order to prevent a so-called "October surprise" that would produce embarrassing information about the vice presidential candidate on the eve of the election.

In a move endorsed by the McCain campaign Friday, John Coghill, the GOP chairman of the state House Rules Committee, wrote a letter seeking a meeting of Alaska's bipartisan Legislative Council in order to remove the Democratic state senator in charge of the so-called "troopergate" investigation.

Remember when Republicans used to talk about "law and order", back in the 1970's when they painted Democrats as "soft on crime"? Remember when Republicans used to shout "Rule of law!" at the Clintons? Funny how when Republicans violate the law, it's "Nothing to see here...move along."