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First, Palin decides that lawyers aren't so bad after all:

Palin hires attorney for Troopergate investigation
Sep 1 06:32 PM US/Eastern
By STEVE QUINN
Associated Press Writer

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the GOP vice presidential candidate, is being represented by an attorney in the investigation into the firing of her public safety commissioner.

Tucker Eskew, a senior McCain adviser, said the state, not Palin herself, hired the attorney to represent her in her capacity as governor, and he has been working for several weeks.

"The governor of every state gets legal counsel and this attorney is part of a weeks-old effort to provide this governor defense in a series of outlandish politically motivated charges," Eskew said. "This legal defense is neither new nor uncommon nor at all political. It is a matter of her job and is not recent and it is not related to her selection on the McCain-Palin ticket."

Second, McCain decides that it's time to do a little more vetting:

Out of Order?
09.01.08 -- 5:27PM By Josh Marshall

We had heard hints of this. But just moments ago, Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC said that Republican lawyers are currently doing a vet of Sarah Palin up in Alaska. We'll get you the video shortly. But it seems that the really deep vet of Palin started after her selection was announced.