It's Palin. Here is some background on what she is being investigated on

[book_worm]

From Wikipedia (I'm assuming it's Palin, that should be):

On July 11, 2008, Governor Palin dismissed Walter Monegan as Commissioner of Public Safety, and instead offered him a position as executive director of the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, which he subsequently turned down.<44><45> Monegan allleged shortly after his dismissal that it may have been partly due to his reluctance to fire an Alaska State Trooper, Mike Wooten, who had been involved in a divorce and child custody battle with Palin's sister, Molly McCann.<46>

In 2006, before Palin was governor, Wooten was briefly suspended for ten days for threatening to kill McCann's (and Palin's) father, tasering his 11-year-old stepson, and violations of the game laws. After a union protest, the suspension was reduced to five days.<47>

Governor Palin asserts that her dismissal of Monegan was unrelated to the fact that he had not fired Wooten, and asserts that Monegan was instead dismissed for not adequately filling state trooper vacancies, and because he "did not turn out to be a team player on budgeting issues."<48> Palin acknowledges that a member of her administration, Frank Bailey, did contact the Department of Public Safety regarding Wooten, but both Palin and Bailey say that happened without her knowledge and was unrelated to her dismissal of Monegan.<48> Bailey was put on leave for two months for acting outside the scope of his authority as the Director of Boards and Commissions.

In response to Palin's statement that she had nothing to hide, in August 2008 the Alaska Legislature hired Steve Branchflower to investigate Palin and her staff for possible abuse of power surrounding the dismissal, though lawmakers acknowledge that "Monegan and other commissioners serve at will, meaning they can be fired by Palin at any time."<49> The investigation is being overseen by Democratic State Senator Hollis French, who says that the Palin administration has been cooperating, and so subpoenas are unnecessary.<50> The Palin administration itself was the first to release an audiotape of Bailey making inquiries about the status of the Wooten investigation.<48><51>

Wooten and the police union alleged that the governor had improperly released his employment files in his divorce case. However, McCann's attorney released a signed waiver from Wooten demonstrating that Wooten had authorized the release of his files through normal discovery procedures.<52><53>

[mwb970]

1. Why would Little John pick someone who is under investigation?

Oh, that's right. His choices were limited to Republicans.

[MrMonk]

4. because it's going to "go away"?

Also, look for Wooten (the trooper) and Monegan (the Commissioner) to be dragged through the mud.

[ingac70]

6. They have one of her aides on tape...

harassing the trooper's boss. Stone cold busted.

[Mike Daniels]

9. Wooten sounds like a real piece of work as is

From what the article listed, being dragged in mud might actually be a character improvement.

Still doesn't justify what Palin is accused of doing but I wouldn't spend any capital defending Wooten.

[vaberella]

7. My problem is not investigation. It's the bloody experience. Biden has 35. She has 1.5.

It's ludicrous for him to do that.

[ravishane]

2. Morning Joe

just claimed she will be in Alaska. THIS IS ALL A RUSE TO GET THE MSM MEDIA TO NOT TALK ABOUT OBAMA'S SPEECH. Andrea Mitchell just called it that.

[krawhitham]

3. She is scheduled to do something in Alaska at 1:00pm

according to MSNBC

[MrMonk]

5. Plans can be changed.

[TornadoTN]

8. This pick makes too much sense for McCain - she would be the "good-lookin celebrity"

and the Hillary "alternative" for women.

The media will clamor for her, even though she offers nothing substantive. Get ready.