The State of Sarah Palin

The peculiar political landscape of the Vice-Presidential hopeful.

Many Alaskans enjoy being disconnected from the Lower Forty-eight, which is sometimes referred to as if it were a foreign country. There is pride in this sense of apartness, and that pride has been stung repeatedly since 2006, when the F.B.I. began raiding state lawmakers' offices in an ever-expanding anti-corruption campaign. There have been indictments and guilty pleas. Oil-industry executives who were caught on videotape in the Baranof Hotel, in Juneau, ... Full Story »

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Randy Morrow
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by Randy Morrow - Oct. 1, 2008

Almost a primer on politics in Alaska with an emphasis on Palin. I thought this was aptly descriptive:"As a public speaker, Palin was known for expressing goals and voicing good intentions with gusto, if with few specifics. As she talked about her hopes for Alaska, she often seemed to skip from slogan to slogan without ever touching solid ground."

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