http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/johnmccain/2651820/Sarah-Palin-poses-Troopergate-risk-to-John-McCains-US-election-bid.htmlSarah Palin poses 'Troopergate' risk to John McCain's US election bid
John McCain has not just taken a risk on the inexperience of Sarah Palin, his choice of running mate in the presidential race.
By Philip Sherwell and Tim Shipman
Last Updated: 9:44PM BST 30 Aug 2008
He is also gambling that an ethics investigation into the Alaska governor does not blow up in her face when the Democrat leading the inquiry delivers his report on Oct 31 - just five days before the election.
What started as a family dispute in the suburbs of Anchorage could yet determine who governs the world's most powerful nation for the next four years as Alaskan politics finds itself as the unprecedented focus of a billion-dollar election battle.