At night, when I watch news, one face I always miss is that of Keith Olbermann. I look forward to his return. Nevertheless, his contribution continues. Yesterday he did a wonderful expose on the most bought governor in history, Scott Walker, and how, despite his claims of being broke, he can still afford to hire a bit of fluff to warm the bed of State Senator Randy Hopper, a key ally in Walker’s campaign to destroy the Democratic Party’s labor base, and with it America’s middle class.

The ham-handed self-serving greediness playing out in the background of Governor Scott Walker’s attempt to make Wisconsin into the central battle zone in the Koch Brothers’ attempt to end collective bargaining in this country, roared to the forefront Sunday night when the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported that the supposedly financially imperiled state had enough money to hire State Senator Randy Hopper’s mistress.

Valerie Cass, a former Republican legislative staffer, was hired Feb. 7 as a communications specialist with the state Department of Regulation and Licensing. She is being paid $20.35 per hour. The job is considered a temporary post.

A lot of things in Wisconsin – especially those pertaining to one of Governor Walker’s State Senate henchmen – appear to be temporary:

His estranged wife, Alysia, issued a statement to WTMJ-TV (Channel 4) accusing Hopper, 45, of beginning an affair with Cass, 26, last year. He filed for divorce in August.

Oh but this gets better and better. How did Ms. Cass wind up being hired by the state with no money, away from a Madison firm called “Persuasion Partners.” Surely Governor Walker with his dedication to saving the Koch Brothers Wisconsin’s residents every dollar he could find, could not have known about this!:

But who exactly recommended her for the post? Cullen Werwie, spokesman for the governor, confirmed that it was Keith Gilkes, Walker’s chief of staff. She was then interviewed by the Department of Regulations and Licensing’s executive assistant and deputy and hired by Secretary Dave Ross, a Walker cabinet member.

You can hear the hamsters running extra fast in that wheel inside Scott Walker’s otherwise empty head. ‘What? I can’t hire this woman as payback for this guy’s support in the Senate? Just because I’m telling everybody we don’t have any money?’

And when you thought this couldn’t get any sleazier, the saga of the hiring of the married Senator’s young girlfriend during a supposed fiscal crisis of biblical proportions, manages to reach to…the election of the new chairman of the Republican National Committee!:

Werwie said Cass spent part of January in Washington, D.C., helping Reince Priebus with his bid to become the chairman of the Republican National Committee. He was elected to the post midway through the month. She brings up this duty in her note to Gilkes. “Things are really heating up with Reince’s campaign and shaping up nicely,” she wrote. “ With the RNC vote coming up in a few weeks and Governor-elect Walker’s inauguration this week, I was wondering if you had any more details about when you would have a spot ready for me? ”