Governors Behind Bars

(By Paul Chesser, The American Spectator) - By now America is familiar with the epidemic of troubling behavior that's swept the nation's governorships, in recent years with John Rowland in Connecticut and George Ryan in Illinois for the Republicans; Don Siegelman in Alabama, Eliot Spitzer in New York and Rod Blagojevich in Illinois for the Democrats.

It may be time to add to that list.

Here in North Carolina recently replaced (thanks to term limits) Gov. Mike Easley, a Democrat, is under investigation by federal authorities, and by the State Board of Elections. The number of charges against him could surpass those of his above-mentioned colleagues, and the issues under investigation stress the word-limit of your average opinion column. Local media have focused on four major areas...