alaska politics

Ethan Berkowitz, the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, has announced he will resign following a bizarre outburst and accusation by a local news anchor, Maria Athens. The situation evidently began after Athens was involved in some kind of altercation at the television studio where she works - of which...

From The Hill, it seems that former half-term Alaska governor Sarah Palin is considering a run for the US Senate, or is being encouraged to, or something... http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/301461-tea-party-eager-gop-unsure-on-possible-palin-senate-bid I am sure that a Palin run at the...

Joe Miller To Join Boatload Of Birthers For World Net Daily's 'Tea Party At Sea' Alaska Cruise What a nut job. Here's how batcrap crazy Weird Nut Daily is. And the scary thing is, people actually believe this foaming-at-the-mouth nutcase.

Apparently Sarah Palin was asked for e-mails when she was still gov back in 2008 and they still haven't been turned over. http://openchannel.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/12/28/5707970-quest-for-palin-e-mails-may-exceed-her-time-in-office It is quite possible that the State of Alaska IT department...

http://articles.ktuu.com/2010-11-19/murkowski-campaign_24842367 "The ballots in the U.S. Senate race are counted, but the legal battle is far from over. On Friday afternoon, a federal judge temporarily stopped the certification of the race’s results, provided Republican candidate Joe Miller...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101110/ap_on_re_us/us_alaska_senate Honestly, if a voter misspells "Murkowski" by a letter or two, should the vote really not count? I guess the answer is "yes", if you are a Republican. So much for respecting the will of the people.

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/10/31/phone-recording-sets-off-firestorm-in-alaska/ "Employees at a CBS affiliate in Anchorage left an accidental voicemail for an aide to GOP Senate candidate Joe Miller in which they discussed and laughed about the possibility of reporting on the appearance...

Joe Miller Runs Screeching From Simple Question Whatever it is, he doesn't appear to be disabled. See his own campaign ad for example: WOKVjT0XHXc

http://www.alaskadispatch.com/dispatches/politics/7149-former-fairbanks-mayor-ethics-claims-against-miller-are-true It may not have simply been a case of just using the office computer for personal buisness, either it sounds like he used the other computers to vote for himself.

This site suggest that he is http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/10/19/911676/-Breaking:-Joe-Miller-is-a-Tax-Cheat Say it aint so, Joe!

I wonder how this is going to go down legally: Joe Miller speaks on handcuffing incident, work history So professional that they did not have a valid license to perform security work, it turns out. So my question to lawyers (or knowledgeable laypeople): What happens when someone without a...

Joe Miller On Securing The Border: 'If East Germany Could, We Could' (VIDEO) Why is Joe Miller citing a totalitarian communist country as an example of how we should control our borders? And what would Ronald Reagan say?

In speakiing about Sarah Palin's qulifications to be POTUS, Joe said: yes, Joe, what aspect of "race" and presidential qualifications are you talking about? http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/10/miller-barely-admits-sarah-palin-qualified-for-potus-while-dogwhistling-to-birthers.php

Some of Joe's ideas The woo is strong in this one. source No wonder he's slipping in the polls.

Wow... the hits just keep on coming... AP Source: Murkowski expects to mount write-in bid I'm guessing the GOP/Tea Party is having fits with this right about now. Not only that, the great irony is that she's going to run as a true independent, not on a party ticket (which is weird because...

Has anyone else heard any news on this? Is it even remotely possible? If she did this, could she win? Wow, the prospect of Murkowski pulling a "Charlie Crist" in Alaska has my head spinning... Palin Foe Mulls Third-Party Run I'd welcome others' views on this. Wow, the irony is so thick...

Miller has won the GOP Senate Primary in Alaska; and he is pretty much on the same Wave Length as those two: Abolish Social Security, Global Warming is A Hoax; Shut down Most of the Federal Government, etc. The difference is that whereas the other two might well not make it to DC, Miller is...

Well, up north it's all over now except for the crying... Stevens loses Alaska Senate race And, as far as I know, the recount in Minnesota still has that race up in the air. Meanwhile, a runoff election in Georgia on Dec. 2nd is in the works. Wow, could the Dems actually get 60 seats in the...

Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska, the longest-serving Republican in the Senate’s history and a figure of enormous influence in his state, was found guilty on Monday of violating ethics laws for failing to report gifts and services that he was given by friends...

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5948944&page=1 All politicians seem to do it...tell tales that with just a little bit of investigation prove to be either less than they claim or outright falsehoods. Yet another by Palin who, imo, has a huge propensity for doing it. Does she think...

A friend of mine sent me this link -- look for the first comment on this web page (not the article): http://www.washingtonindependent.com/3671/the-reform-candidate It’s an in depth summary by a resident of Wasilla, Alaska who has known Sarah Palin since 1992. I found these comments...

Dear Folksies, Alaska has gone Vermont!! (no permit required) What will happen to concealed carry permit holders elsewhere when Alaska has shootouts on every corner!!?? ...or, better, what will happen to CCW elsewhere when Alaska DOESN'T have shootouts on every corner!!?? And I quote...