As Watergate and the ultimate fate of Richard Nixon have taught us, it is often not the original act or acts but how one does or does not respond the matters in the end.

Could this axiom be the ultimate decider in the political career of Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska?  The Watergate analogy is apt in that both figures have operated with the same degree of arrogance and open defiance.

When Nixon chose to fight by stonewalling rather than co-operate with authorities he set into motion a series of events over which he was ultimately toppled.  

Palin is following the same path in the case of Special Prosecutor Steven Branchflower as she responds through the McCain campaign that she will no longer cooperate with ongoing efforts following the issuance of subpoenas, with the list including her own husband.