I agree, Plain is talking about crony capitalism; and that she points to the HPV Exec Order as a bit of evidence. But I don't think a fair reading of Palin's remarks admits concluding that she is accusing Perry. "Something was up," yes, and Palin had pointed to Perry's chief of staff.
Well, someone? That someone, as Michele Bachmann pointed out, was Governor Perry's former chief of staff, who then went to work for a drug company who made the drug that would be required of the Texan government to mandate that, that our young daughters would have to be inoculated against potential disease from the company that his former chief of staff was lobbying for. That's crony capitalism.
I think Perry opponents overstate the Gardasil matter (I am concerned with the mandate, not the measly $5K Perry's campaign chest got from Merck), but his supporters gotta stop the spin as well.
Palin is right, the revolving door between government and corporations is a big part of the mess we are in right now - look at Goldman Sachs and the Fed/Treasury.
Perry does carry that corporatist taint with him. Palin is one of the few politicians who has stood up to the establishment and won. Too many Perry supporters belittle that in her. But it is exactly what this country needs, and Perry needs to be more like Palin in that regard.