The Sacrament of Democracy
Anyone who thinks we don't need a more transparent election process here in Alaska because their candidate is in the lead is a pathetic partisan hack.
Anyone who thinks we don't need a more transparent election process here in Alaska because their candidate is in the lead is a pathetic partisan hack.
ProPublica | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics
Adding to the mystery of the missing Alaskan voters, there was the fact that the poll predictions were wrong.
Shannyn Moore | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics
All camps -- Stevens and Begich in the Senate race, and Don Young and Ethan Berkowitz in one of the House races with the strangest results -- are still at work. It feels like 2000 Bush-Gore around here.
Shannyn Moore | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics
Alaska needs an election autopsy STAT. This year's turnout was smaller than the election of 2004 by 6.1%. I would have to smoke more than salmon to believe that Alaska, with Palin on the ballot, decided to sit this one out.
Shannyn Moore | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics
We're supposed to believe that overall participation decreased by 11%. This historic election both nationally and for Alaska had the lowest Alaska turnout for a presidential race ever!?! Something stinks.
AP | MARY PEMBERTON | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — After a sometimes thrilling, sometimes bumpy run in the national spotlight, Alaska saw its governor defeated for vice presid...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.29.2008 | Politics
So, as you no doubt know, two days ago, Alaska Senator Ted Stevens was convicted of multiple counts of making false statements about a quarter million...
Chris Weigant | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics
Prewitt: "It's going to be a tight race, but Stevens could still win this thing. Stevens has been around so long, and we do have a very partisan situation up here in Alaska."
Chris Weigant | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics
Prewitt: The book is my experience working as the confidential source who spent nearly four years helping the F.B.I. pry the lid open on the sordid world of political corruption in Alaska and Washington.
Politico | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics
Apparently, putting Alaska Governor Sarah Palin on the Republican presidential ticket was enough to take the state's electoral votes out of play, but ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 08.15.2008 | Politics
The GOP can't catch a break in Alaska. First Senator Ted Stevens was indicted for by a federal grand jury and insisted on a trial before the election ...
Carl Pope | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics
Ted Stevens' indictment reminds me of Al Capone's eventual conviction for tax evasion. Stevens has presided over a massive raid on the federal treasury for years.
Amanda Coyne | Posted 07.10.2008 | Home
GOP lawmakers John Cowdery and Donny Olson were secretly recorded in a restaurant with former VECO oil executive Bill Allen. "[Allen] wants you "to vote the way we voted... [We] can probably go $25,000."
HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics
In an article that got buried underneath a holiday news cycle late last week, the AP revealed that Alaska Rep. Don Young has been using campaign donat...
McClatchy Newspapers | Sean Cockerham and Erika Bolstad | Posted 07.06.2008 | Politics
Facing bad publicity and a dwindling campaign account, U.S. Rep. Don Young last year turned to the "AK Wolfpack," a group of more than 20 lobbyists, i...
Amanda Coyne | Posted 06.23.2008 | Home
When the FBI arrived in 2006 brandishing warrants, the official Democratic Party line was: "It's a sad day for Alaska." But many of us could barely contain our glee. We'd been screaming about corruption forever.
The Hill | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics
Several lobbyists, including hired guns who worked on transportation, Interior and Alaska issues, had unparalleled access to Rep. Don Young's (R-Alask...
Chris Weigant | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics
Alaska is going to be very close this year. This stems from Republican office-holders apparently trying to take the "first in political corruption" award away from Louisiana.
Anchorage Daily News | Richard Mauer | Posted 04.20.2008 | Politics
Rep. Don Young has said he never allowed convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff to be an influential force over him in Congress. But now a trove of old bil...
Chris Weigant | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics
The twenty-first debate of the Democratic presidential nomination race happened this week. Much fulminating in the blogosphere immediately followed. ...
McClatchy Newspapers | Erika Bolstad | Posted 03.02.2008 | Politics
Citing a new era of "sunlight and transparency," Alaska's congressional delegation will begin disclosing every request from the state for specially e...
Tina Fey graces the cover of the January issue of Vanity Fair, and in an...
Via ThinkProgress, in an interview with NewsMax, President Bush's brother Jeb...
President Bush let it all out today during an interview with ABC News' Charlie...
Governor Palin Neglects Alaska Duties for Partisan Stumping on Campaign Trail...
The following is Part I of Sean Penn's piece, Mountain of Snakes (Read Part II here) The
Last week, Black Friday heralded the unofficial kickoff of the 2008 winter holiday...
Reuters has a Q&A with John Travolta to promote his animated film "Bolt." At the end, they ask him...
President-elect Barack Obama announced Monday that Robert Gates would remain as...
After a 12-day hiatus, Sarah Palin stepped back into the spotlight on Monday to...
NEW YORK — Rush Limbaugh has seldom been a fan of...
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration backed off proposed crackdowns...
CHICAGO — Almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes...
Dear President-elect and Mrs. Obama: I know that the greening of the White House...
Shannyn Moore | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics