Since when can a witness just ignore a subpoena because HE decided the process is unfair?

Must be nice to be "First Dude." If it were anyone in MY family or, in fact, just about anyone else that I know, they'd have been hauled off to jail for contempt before they knew what hit them.

The Committee will meet and decide if he is (and others are) in contempt. They will not meet until after November. No doubt just a coincidence that national elections are in November.

I agree with you that it is outrageous. But I guess I prefer that he ignore the subpoena and that the press report it, than that the committee issue a warrant for his arrest before Election day. That would bring unnecessary attention back on Palin and you never know how it would play out; i.e., would some independents see them as victims, conclude the investigation was in fact political, etc. There is more mileage politically in having all this hang out there as a dark cloud from now until November.

The Palins' behavior makes it clear they have something to hide, so whether the issue is resolved or not before the Election, it's pretty clear that these two are pretty shady.

especially since they are the ones always going on about it when the situation suits them.

I seriously doubt a smackdown on the shady, lying Palins is going to create a moderate/Independent backlash. This was going down before 90% or so of the country had ever heard of Palin and on a bipartisan basis.

No, I think they can sit and spin and should take responsibility for their own actions.

Along the lines of contempt for law, what do they have to hide? Why was he cc'd on all those emails in the first place? Who was actually running the Alaska state house anyway? I haven't seen this topic at all and I don't understand why.

KKKarl and Harriet thumbed their noses at due process. But if you or I tried it.....

because aren't we all a nation of laws? this is ridiculous. let's all try this tact the next time we get a subpoena.

visa versa. But I do not know what the rationale was given for his response. Does anyone?

He's being called in to testify about his own actions in the matter.

He's given several explanations for not testifying. Among other things, he claimed that he doesn't have time because he's on the campaign trail. He also claimed that since he first said he was willing to testify, the process has become politicized and is therefore invalid.

What a crock.

But this is good for the Democrats - as long as this is hanging out there, it will remind people that they don't know anything about this woman and that she seems to have an awful lot to hide.

Pointing out the discrepancy between her message of "reform" and her own refusal to cooperate in a probe, particularly when she had initially agreed to cooperate. If she thinks that this probe is "politically motivated" then I think she owes us an explanation as to why she thinks it's "politically motivated". What does all of this say about her reputation as a would-be "reformer"? MORE OF THE SAME.

Palin and her husband could maybe try to justify the abuse of power, as Wooten wasn't exactly a Boy Scout. I'm not saying that anything Wooten did would justify the abuse of power and the attempt to get him fired, but at least Palin might appear somewhat sympathic because of some of the things Wooten allegedly did (threaten her father, negligently use a taser on test mode on a child, drinking in his police car).

But by failing to rebut any of the charges of abuse of power, by failing to participate in the legal process and give her side of the story under oath, all we have before us is the incredibly ugly stonewalling reminiscent to many voters of the tactics of Dick and George. Unless there's something absolutely shocking in her behavior that they don't want to reveal by cooperating with the subpoenas, I think it's a big mistake for Palin and her bunch to have refused to cooperate. The charge of abuse of power is out there and it hasn't been rebutted and the Special Prosecutor will only be presenting the testimony of individuals who do not support Palin in his final report.