While the Associated Press has run an investigative piece into the flowers and zoning exceptions Republican veep nominee Sarah Palin received as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, the press hasn’t done nearly enough digging into Barack Obama’s ties to a convicted felon, Tony Rezko, or his $100,000 earmark for a former aide, writes Mark Hemingway. Conservatives should back the bailout bill since Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and the rest of the House GOP were able to forced negotiators to at least re-craft the measure, writes Jack Fowler.