As a local tyrant, Governor Ellison Parker also has his own set of troubles and constraints.
Politicians need to cater to voters, draw in capital, and unite internally, hence they value their image and persona greatly.
Voters need to be mollified. They like toughness, preferably like an emperor fighting bare-chested and charging headlong on a bear; it's so exhilarating.
Capital only cares about interests, no stance at all, whoever can make them money, they will support.
Internally, it's about power. The underlings are all hoping the big boss keeps rising, so they can also easily rise with him.
Governor Parker attempted to demonstrate his toughness by putting pressure on 'Electric Flight', aiming to gain economic and political benefits from it.
As long as the general direction is set, the backdoor dealings, intrigue and deceit, collusion and betrayal, are all trivial details.
