he tried to arrange things logically.-judge belliden was more local , maybe more likely to know the local status of things and more apt to draft nearby personnel to help in this specific area.-on the other hand , senator kirkland was much closer in age to finkley , could have more common age-related goals such as retirement and they came from similar eras and backgrounds.-as to governor anderson , most likely he hadnt risen to the highest office in the state without cutting a few corners , breaking a few rules and greasing a few palms.-he also could easily have become addicted to power and the feeling of entitlement in getting what he wanted.-he made notations of all these assumptions and suppositions and felt no closer to the truth than when he started .