You would if you were interested in proving or disproving your assumptions/contentions about Gov Palin as even a number of Liberals have managed to do. I’d read Bob Riley’s books too - perhaps you could send me some (non-Wiki) links.
Gov Palin was being bankrupted rapidly into the stone age by dishonest & frivolous ethics charges which combined with an avalance of FOI requests were also costing the state Government millions. The business of the state of Alaska was effectively being paralysed. Bear in mind also that Alaska’s arrangements are unique so comparsion with other Governors isn’t valid. Can you honestly say that she should have stayed on in these circumstances? This is the heart of the issue about the resignation. Since her resignation how many ethics charges has Gov Sean Parnell faced?
The main thing now about Bob Riley is that few outside Alabama know him. However, FR participants would no doubt like him far better than other governors who are considered possible candidates (other than Palin), such as Huckabee, Romney, Pawlenty, Daniels, and possibly others. He’d probably be closer to Palin on the issues than most any other potential Republican candidate. He was on Palin’s old Tweeter governor’s page.
People occasionally toss his name out in the state, but he’d have a lot of work to do to make himself widely known.
Riley hasn’t written a book. He’s been too busy governing the state.
And how do you know that the ethics complaints are “frivolous.” Usually, when ethics complaints are filed there is something there. There is some reason for that complaint to be filed against you.
I don’t understand why I am supposed to believe that the ethics complaints filed against all other politicians are reasonable but against her they’re not.
It might also be a good time to point out that Alaska has a socialist system of wealth redistribution whereby taxes levied on companies are returned to Alaskan citizens in the form of a free government check.