[GoodDay]

As fate would have it, she was responsible for finally bringing Exxon to judgment when she was governor after a twenty-year battle.

I didn't know that. She might be able to leverage that point to her advantage while sticking to her guns on "drill, baby, drill."

[CedarDave]

After a long clean-up effort, as days rolled into weeks, then months, then years, Alaskans’ frustration mounted as ExxonMobile steadily refused to step up and pay the penalty the courts decided it owed for destroying the livelihoods and lifestyles of so many families and communities. And no one in local, state, or national government seemed able to hold the corporate giant accountable.

ExxonMobile’s litigation compounded the suffering, especially for Cordova and Valdez fishermen. Court challenges stretched on for two decades. It took twenty years for Alaska to achieve victory. As governor I directed our attorney general to file an amicus brief on behalf of plaintiffs in the case, and, thanks to Alaska’s able attorneys arguing in front of the highest court in the land, in 2008 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the people. Finally, Alaskans could recover some of their losses.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2504361/posts

Well, it wasn't entirely her doing but no doubt it helped.