We'll part company on this view.

There are reasonable Republicans out there, and we want them to vote for Obama.

Given the crowd she appeals to, you're probably correct.  However, any logically thinking person would have to view it as an abuse of power.

And before you say it, I'll agree with you, in the past eight years, logic has been on vacation in the political world the Bushes have created.

but she fired the guy that wouldn't fire him.  will people think thats fair?

about condoning unethical or illegal behavior under the rationale that the ends justify the means. Given the tasering of a child (amazingly heinous) and the threats, was there no legal recourse? There is also an emerging pattern of Palin's behavior that makes me question whether she even tried appropriate channels. I'm referring to the "tests of loyalty" and whatnot.

I'm getting to the point where I actually do trust Obama to win the election - and win it without us having to go through moral contortions for political purposes.

Personally, I empathize with the guy who actually lost his job, who was none of the above.

I have given the issue a test drive by explaining Palin's side of the story to my usual set of swing voters.  "There's more to the story," I would tell them, "the trooper she was trying to get fired was a bad guy who admitted to tasering his own stepson," and so on and so forth.  Doesn't seem to make any difference.  They still think it's not right.