Palin's "Maverick" Title Takes Another Hit

It is being reported that another ethics complaint has been filed against Alaska Governor and Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Palin is coming under scrutiny this go around due to the fact that she charged the state travel for her family to events that her family was not invited to. Bristol, Piper and Willow, Palin’s daughters, accrued $32,629 in travel expenses while Palin’s husband Todd raked up $22,174 - all billed to the state for a total of $54,803.00. This investigation may never get off the ground, and if it does it probably won't be resolved until after November 4th. Regardless of when this issue is settled, the timing of the allegation is unfortunate for a campaign that has already been taking hits from the media. These latest allegations come on the heels of the public finding out that Mrs. Palin received $150,000 worth of designer clothes from the RNC for her campaigning needs. On top of these stories concerning Governor Palin, Alaska Senator Ted Stevens was found guilty of fraud on Monday, and there are complaints of squabbling from within the McCain campaign.

All this with just a week left you have to wonder if luck just isn’t on McCain’s side. Or maybe it has nothing to do with luck, maybe it has to do with picking a vice-presidential candidate who is not what she claims. Maybe it has to do with representing the status quo, when the majority of Americans want change. Or maybe the bad luck has to do with focusing on a negative campaign that does not tell Americans why to vote for McCain/Palin, but rather focuses on why not to vote for Senator Obama. Whatever the reason for McCain’s misfortunes whether it be bad luck, or a bad campaign, the reality is the McCain campaign has less then one week left.

Seth Lovell