Nepotism is spelled "W-i-s-c-o-n-s-i-n":

So, the Assembly speaker in Wisconsin, where the Republican governor is trying to use the budget crisis to bust up public unions and do irreparable harm to the Democratic base in that state, is one Jeff Fitzgerald, who has directed the state police to find AWOL Democratic senators in order to create a forum, necessary to get the vote needed for the union busting plot. His brother is Scott Fitzgerald, the Senate majority leader, and guess what, their daddy is Stephen Fitzgerald, who was recently appointed chief of the state patrol after having failed to win election as a county sheriff. The new job pays $105,678 per year.

Are you starting to get a clearer picture of what's going on in Wisconsin?

For more entertaining takes on the Republican party's attempts to exploit the current financial mess for purely political reasons, see Gail Collins' op-ed on Big Bird vs. Nascar.