Conor Clarke:

The hacking incident should not draw attention away from the following: Sarah Palin has used her private email account to conduct state business, and she was doing so to circumvent the state's public records law and avoid public scrutiny.

Avoid public scrutiny? Palin? It's now more than three weeks since she was selected and she still hasn't given a press conference. This has never happened in modern American politics. And the press has rolled over.

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