Alaskans

Last week, the Anchorage Daily News reported that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin would not release her testimony from the Troopergate investigation. Now, in an editorial, the paper wonders why : Much as Gov. Sarah Palin might wish otherwise, she has not given Alaskans a complete, transparent accounting of her actions in Troopergate. … To put it bluntly, either Gov. Palin or fired public safety commissioner Walt Monegan is lying about key facts. Investigator Tim Petumenos shrugged off the contradictory accounts.

Like it’s not bad enough. I’ve been hearing loons talk about secession up here my whole life. In Alaska, the three top ballot seats: President, Senate and House of Representatives, have candidates on the ballot from the secessionist Alaska Independent Party. In two of the three, the AIP holds at least 4% of the vote. The felonious Ted Stevens looks like he has convinced over a hundred thousand Alaskans what he couldn’t convince 12 jurors of a few weeks ago. Now, Keith Olbermann has the temerity to ask if it’s too late to sell Alaska back to the Russians.

Gov. Sarah Palin, back from the campaign trail, faces a changed landscape in Alaska.

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin

Well, it’s been a little over 24 hours and already the possiblity of Governor Sarah Palin jockeying for Alaska Senator Ted Stevens’ Senate seat is being seriously considered.  The Alaska Dispatch published an article today exploring Gov. Palin’s next power grab in her zealous quest for what she sees as the ultimate prize, the United States presidency.

Just in from ThinkProgress is an examination of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s hypocrisy in criticizing Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s plans for a middle class tax cut as a ’socialist’ redistribution of our country’s wealth, when she did much the same with oil company profits in Alaska.

In summary the Anchorage Daily News said they endorsed Barack Obama because of John McCain not because of Sarah Palin.
Alaska enters its 50th-anniversary year in the glow of an unlikely yet highly memorable event: the nomination of our Governor Sarah Palin as the Republican vice presidential candidate. For the first time ever, an Alaskan is [...]

Palin's image has changed, for better and worse, in the six weeks since she joined the McCain Republican presidential ticket.