::Please mind the personal attacks.  The lead is meant to summarize the major points of the subject and the article below.  In the long term, is troopergate really a substantial part of a biography of Palin?  I'd say definitely not.  Remember, this article is a biography, not a news article based primarily on events.  Troopergate might be in the news today but that doesn't indicate that it has significant long term notability to Palin.