MORE ON THE SARAH PALIN PER DIEM STORY at the Workplace Law Profs blog.

Plus, ABC News on Palin’s record on pork. Less there than some claim.

UPDATE: Some tax issues. More specific facts and law would be helpful, though.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Reader Bruce Bridges emails:

I understand your caution in busting out the champagne with Palin because of course politics are all about cycles and we should expect that things are going to turn towards the negative for her before we reach the election, but you seem to be determined to give credence to criticisms that are baseless. From everything I’ve read, Palin not only vastly under-spent her predecessors in per diem, and we’re talking huge numbers, she acted in accordance with the law. The woman already canned the cook, the driver and the plane, and you still want to fault her for not going above, beyond behind and beside the law on per diem? Give her a break why don’t you.

Every day I’m bombarded by liberal friends with the latest Palin scandal. Each time I reply that I’ll let the facts ultimately tell the story. And every time so far their facts have been proven wrong. I don’t think Palin is a saint but she does seem to be a damned good person.

Could be. So far the “scandals” have been pretty thin gruel.