The dirty little secret of the Alaskan political class is that they are hideously corrupt, and wanted Palin out of the way because she wasn't, despite what the representatives of the Propaganda Ministry and their masters in the Tech Oligarchy in California and on Wall Street tell you. 

They wanted to repeal ACES, of course, so the Big Three oil companies who own the Democratic and Republican pols in the legislature, could be about the business of Looting the State. And of course, their real target was the Permanent Fund, which your present Governor wants to turn into an "annuity" so the Political Class can raid that piggy bank.

Palin stood between the Looters and the Alaskan taxpayer. Now that she's gone, Alaskans are getting the government they richly deserve. And the Looting Class they voted for.