Exchanging the Good Old Boy Network for a New One

The more I read about Sarah Palin the more scared I get. Extreme secrecy, all the jobs and money go to long-time friends and supporters, everyone else gets fired or ignored, opponents are labeled anti-alaska, she only works with a small inner-circle, personal vendettas settled through political power, her issues matter and no one else's; and it's all covered up with slickness and lies. Seems the worst sorts of abuse of power. Lengthy article with details.

But now that she has the support of the current good old boy network, she's apparently gained new power to control even her enemies: Alaska's investigation into whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power, a potentially damaging distraction for John McCain's presidential campaign, ran into intensified resistance Tuesday when the attorney general said state employees would refuse to honor subpoenas in the case. More.