Summary: The AP reported that "[Sen. John] McCain's campaign insists the investigation" into whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power by firing Alaska Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan "has been hijacked by Democrats." But three days earlier, the writer of the AP article reported that "Republican efforts to delay the probe until after the Nov. 4 election were thwarted" when a Republican state senator joined two Democrats on the Alaska Senate Judiciary Committee to issue subpoenas in the case.