Without those pesky union rules to at least give hiring a veneer of impartiality it looks like public employment hiring decisions will based on whether or not you know a Senator -- not actual qualifications. Hell if you know the right person in the Biblical sense you don't even have to fill out one of those long boring applications.
http://www.alternet.org/newsandview...call_target_and_walker_ally_grows/#paragraph3
http://www.alternet.org/newsandview...call_target_and_walker_ally_grows/#paragraph3