Alaskan Railroad

Of all the storm cells of Slimeicane Sarah, "Troopergate" is the only one that could potentially have legs of any sort because it is under investigation by the Democrat-controlled Alaska legislature. So it should come as no surprise at all that the lead Democrat on its Joint Judiciary Committee wants to cherry-pick who gets subpeonaed and who doesn't:

Investigator Steven Branchflower admitted he had ceded control of his subpoena list to Senator Hollis French (D) during Alaska’s Joint Judiciary Committee September 12 hearing that was scheduled to approve subpoena requests. [CLICK HERE FOR AUDIO.] French is a partisan who has endorsed Palin’s Democratic presidential ticket rival Barack Obama for president and is actively supporting his candidacy.

Lawmakers approved thirteen of Branchflower’s subpoena requests that day, which included one for Palin’s husband, Todd. Four other subpoenas were approved for aides Branchflower believes participated in a meeting called by Palin’s former chief of staff Mike Tibbles where Wooten’s firing was allegedly discussed.

Representative David Guttenberg (D) asked Branchflower why he was requesting subpoenas for only those people attending the meeting and not Tibbles himself.

Branchflower said he would “have to defer that question to Mr. French.”

When asked this question, French weakly murmured that there isn't "the political will" for to subpoena Tibbles. Which is beyond odd because if this meeting is so critical to this investigation that everybody ELSE in it WAS subpeonaed, why would Governor Palin's chief of staff who called and oversaw it not be? If there's any "scandal" to be found here, wouldn't Tibbles be closer to the heart of it than four nameless flunkies? Or could it be that Senator French believes this quartet of minor functionaries might be more easily intimidated into supplying the anti-Palin narrative he's looking for versus Mr. Tibbles who might well shoot it down in short order? At the very least, it would keep this "distraction" going longer, perhaps long enough for some sort of exploitable testimony to emerge that could finally knock Barracuda, and Team Sith, on the defensive.

I also find it interesting that it wasn't that long ago that Governor Palin was being commended by this same Alaska legislature for cooperation so thorough that they hadn't seen the need to issue ANY subpoenas. Barely two weeks into her vice presidential candidacy, though, and they start blizzarding down like winter come early.

Coincidence? I think not. It'll keep "snowing" until SuperMom is forced to skid off into the ditch. The only question is which side can get to the finish line first.