A note to the national media: give us our scandal name back.

"Troopergate" belongs to New York, not Alaska. It belongs to former Senate leader Joe Bruno and former Governor Eliot Spitzer, not Alaska governor and VP nominee Sarah Palin.

Here's a bit of a refresher. Our Troopergate revolved around Spitzer, whose staff directed state troopers to compile Bruno's state travel records so they could be used to smear him. But interested waned after "Hookergate," when Spitzer was caught up in a federal prostitution ring bust.

Palin's scandal revolves around allegations that she fired the state public safety commissioner because he wouldn't fire her ex-brother-in-law. More here, here, and here.

Having two Troopergates in the news at once is too much. It was ours first. Find something else to call Palin's mess.