but, knowing that the Cowardly McCain bunch won't put her up in a press conference, she probably won't have to.

the disclosure, which covers 2007 and 2008, lists her start date as governor as January 2006, though she didn’t take office until December. And it leaves blank a section for reporting gifts, though she reported to the state accepting more than $25,000 in gifts, including a $1,200 gold-nugget pin.

A campaign official, who did not want to be identified discussing Palin’s finances, said the gifts are “not her property—they are given to the office of governor, and not the governor's property.”

Neither the disclosure nor the taxes shed any light on Palin’s claiming state allowances for nights spent at home, the subject of a critical report in the Washington Post.

The campaign official said that “business travel is not income to the state employee,” so the per diems are not listed on the Palin’s taxes, nor are they are required to be reported on the federal candidate disclosure.

I wonder if that last part is really 1. Why would she not have to report the per diems she was getting from living at her home?