I agree that there is much more to this story than meets the eye and if the media scrutinizes Palin's past as they have done Obama's it will all come out. Obama, however, does not believe in "all is fair in love, war, and politics."
I think this was another case of brilliant timing and good use of what MCain has been using all along, "The best defense is a good offense." Making the announcement when it will get little attention due to Gustav, especially as reporters concentrate on human interest stories from the affected southern states, could not have been handled any better.
Nevertheless, the media would be idiots to ignore Levi's own admission that he does not want kids, that he is about as far away from the Religious Right's image of what a Christian should be (using the word "fuck" as his predominant word of choice in each sentence and not practicing abstinence) and, the fact that it appears Alaska's statutory rape laws are even more liberal than California's!
This will all come out but unless moveon.org jumps on it, the Obama campaign will let this, as they have so many other opportunities, slip right by. :frown1: