From the Associated Press --
A longtime critic of Sarah Palin has filed an ethics complaint alleging past aides of the former Alaska governor misused state resources during her run as the Republican vice presidential candidate.
Andree McLeod filed her complaint Friday with the state attorney general's office. Five other ethics [...]
From the Associated Press --
State Rep. Nancy Dahlstrom has been picked as the new Rules Committee Chairwoman in the state House of Representatives.
The Rules Committee controls which bills reach the House floor.The Eagle River Republican replaces former state Rep. John Coghill, who was chosen to replace Gene Therriault in the [...]
From Erika Bolstad in Washington D.C. --
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski introduced an amendment today to the health care bill that effectively bans the government from using guidelines from the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force to deny coverage.
Murkowski's amendment, aimed at guidelines the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force released last' [...]
From Sean Cockerham in Anchorage –
The Republican-led state House majority will meet in Fairbanks Wednesday and Thursday to make committee assignments and talk about the upcoming legislative session.
The most chatter going into the meeting is about who will be replacing John Coghill in the influential position of rules chair.
The [...]
I can't believe I am about to do this.
Patricia Sullivan, a mother of four who is running in the Republican primary to take on Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson in Florida's 8th Congressional District, says Palin's authenticity and rejection of Washington elitism inspired her to launch her own political run.From Sean Cockerham in Anchorage --
Gov. Sean Parnell just announced that he's appointing Tammie Wilson to take North Pole Republican John Coghill's seat in the state House.
The seat's open because Parnell appointed Coghill to the state Senate seat vacated by Gene Therriault's decision to take a job as an adviser [...]
From Erika Bolstad in Washington D.C. --
Don't expect Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski to cross party lines to vote for the health care bill released this week by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada.
Murkowski calls it "deeply disappointing and in many ways is even worse than the Senate Finance Committee-passed'" [...]
From David Hulen in Anchorage --
Some items (news and opinion) that caught our eye over the past 24 hours or so:
1. 10 Reasons That Sarah Palin Could Win the Republican Nomination (FiveThirtyEight.com) Excerpt:
She's tough to campaign against. Why? Because any perceived or real slight against Palin is' [...]
Pete Kott speaks to Alaska media about his case from Dennis Zaki on Vimeo.
Yeah, in Alaska we can't even keep 'em in jail when we catch them breaking the law on [...]
From Erika Bolstad in Washington D.C. –
The Republican who heads up the federal agency overseeing the construction of Alaska's proposed natural gas pipeline is stepping down.
Drue Pearce, a former Alaska Senate president, was asked by President Barack Obama to step down from the small agency, known as the Office [...]
From Kyle Hopkins in Anchorage --
North Pole Republicans today selected a list of three candidates to replace Rep. John Coghill, who has moved to the state Senate.
State party chairman Randy Ruedrich says the candidates are:
-- Doug Isaacson, the newly re-elected mayor of North Pole.
-- Tammie Wilson, who [...]
If I had voted for one of these assholes I would be dialing their Congressional office and demanding that they conduct themselves in a civilized manner while representing me and my district.
I hope the Republican voters are taking a good long look at the people representing [...]
From Erika Bolstad in Washington D.C. --
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's role in several East Coast elections got a lot of attention in recent weeks, especially when she threw her support behind a third-party conservative candidate over the Republican in the NY-23 congressional seat. (The Democrat, Bill Owens, won the [...]
So, Sarah Palin decided to throw the power of her wingnut Facebook fans behind the "Conservative Party" candidate in NY-23, Doug Hoffman. He was running against moderate Republican, Dede Scozzfava, who had a comfortable 10-point-lead in the polls before Hoffman entered the race and the right-wing-extremists [...]
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Lawrence O'Donnell "They don't even quite qualify for party status anymore when they're down in the low twenties...like nineteen percent of Americans saying I am a Republican".
And now here comes Sarah Palin crushing what's left of [...]
