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Coming after Frank Murkowski, a very corrupt and extremely unpopular governor (#50 in the favorability rating), Sarah with her record of having challenged Republican party bigwigs such as former AG Gregg Renkes and Party chair Randy Ruedrich, and her promise of reform and open government, looked pretty good. The people of Wasilla were very close-mouthed about their mayor, so all these little weirdnesses about her reign out there weren't generally known. She looked good, she said the right things, she was friendly and approachable, and even as governor she worked well with the Democrats in the legislature, helping to pass some things that the Dems had wanted for years that the former governor had opposed.

The persona she has displayed on the national stage is nothing like the way she was here as governor. Maybe she's always been this way, but she was really keeping it under wraps. The firing of Walt Monegan was the first indication we had that something was amiss.