Palin's World of Trouble

Palin may not be able to see Russia from her house, but she can sure see the snowball of adverse issues rolling toward her mansion. Now, I'm not one to gloat or get pleasure out of anyone's misfortune, but when that misfortune is brought about by your own hand, repeatedly, then I have a lot less sympathy for you. And if that misfortune serves to show the world your other, less "pit-bullish" and "not so good at governing" side, then I think it's only fair that the story make all the rounds.

Excerpts from the NY Times:

“The source of the greatest tension this year between the Legislature and the executive has been certainly the appearance that the executive is prioritizing her national image, her national brand, over the day-to-day operations of state government and the interests of the State of Alaska,” said Mike Hawker, the Republican co-chairman of the House Finance Committee.

The governor plans to open a legal defense fund to help pay for more than $500,000 in legal debt, principally from what became known as Troopergate, a legislative inquiry that found she had abused her power in the pressuring a former state public safety commissioner to fire a state trooper, her former brother-in-law.

Democratic lawmakers had been crucial in the past to the governor’s efforts to raise oil taxes and approve legislation promoting a natural gas pipeline, her signature achievements, yet many say Ms. Palin has abandoned those relationships, that she has become more polarizing rather than working to broaden her appeal. In turn, some Democrats have missed no opportunity to snipe back.

Recently, she has sparred publicly with Levi Johnston, the 19-year-old father of her grandson, who broke up with Ms. Palin’s daughter Bristol.

And on, and on, and on...Palin 2012!