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Senator Mark Begich's Town Hall on Health Care: Tales from a Survivor

Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker") | Posted 11.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Socialized Medicine, Alaska Health Care, Alaska, Mark Begich, Town Hall Meeting, Senator Begich, Health Care Reform, Baucus Bill, Alaska Politics, Alaska Town Hall, Politics News
Jeanne Devon (

We know that people that go to health care town halls really aren't interested in what anyone has to say. But to see it so clearly and so close at a meeting in Anchorage this weekend was quite something.

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Democratic Senators Summoned To White House

ABC News | Jake Tapper | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Udall, Arlen Specter, Evan Bayh, White House, Mark Pryor, President Obama, Michael Bennet, Herb Kohl, Mary Landrieu, Democratic Senators, Tom Carper, Bill Nelson, Blanche Lincoln, Mark Begich, Mark Warner, Joe Lieberman, Jeanne Shaheen, Claire McCaskill, Kay Hagan, Politics News

ABC News has learned that President Obama will be meeting with 16 Democratic senators (and one "Independent Democrat") this afternoon at the White Hou...

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VIDEO: Senator Ted Kennedy's Address to Alaskans

Shannyn Moore | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Alaska, Video, Mark Begich, Martin Luther King, Senator Ted Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Palin, Robert F. Kennedy, Sitka, Politics News
Shannyn Moore

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy spoke to the Alaska Democratic Party Convention in Sitka on April 7, 1968. This speech was discovered forty years later and was in near perfect condition.

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Franken Adds Alaska, Hawaii To Parlor-Trick Map After Begich Begs

Minnesota Independent | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Begich, Begich Franken, Al Franken, Minnesota Senator, Hawaii, Alaska, Begich, Franken Map, Begich Franken Map, Politics News

U.S. Sen. Al Franken has acceded to a formal request from Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska) that the Minnesota senator add Alaska and Hawaii when he draws f...

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It's Not Sarah's Fault...Just Ask Her

Shannyn Moore | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Alaska, Levi, Ted Stevens, Mark Begich, Tim Griffin, Troopergate, Blame, Todd Palin, Talis Colberg, Shannyn Moore, Obama, Ethics Complaints, Walt Monegan, Department of Health and Human Services, Rahm Emanuel, Branchflower Report, Bristol, Sarah Palin, Pebble Mine, Sarah Palin Aerial Wolf Hunting, Fault, Politics News
Shannyn Moore

When it comes to taking responsibility for her failures, Sarah Palin is completely unaccountable. Her finger is always pointed at the most convenient scapegoat.

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Palin Blasts Begich As "Uninformed" For Questioning Stalled Pipeline

Miami Herald | Sean Cockerham | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sarah Palin Pipeline, Sarah Palin Mark Begich, Palin Begich Uninformed, Mark Begich, Sarah Palin, Palin Begich Pipeline, Begich Palin, Politics News

Gov. Sarah Palin's commissioners on Wednesday blasted Alaska Sen. Mark Begich as "uninformed" after he expressed frustration that a natural gas pipeli...

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Jeff Muskus

Senate Dems On Pakistan: U.S. Here To Stay

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Udall, Evan Bayh, Mark Begich, Kay Hagan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Moderate Democrats Working Group, Middle East, Jeanne Shaheen, Afpak, Foreign Investment, Tom Carper, Foreign Policy, Politics News

Look for the United States to be sending resources not only to Afghanistan, but Pakistan and the rest of the region for the foreseeable future, a grou...

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Democrats From Oil-And-Gas-Producing States Fighting To Save Tax Breaks For US Energy Companies

The Hill | Walter Alarkon | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Energy Companies, Mary Landrieu, Mary Landrieu Energy Companies Tax Breaks, Oil and Gas Companies, Mark Begich Energy Companies Tax Breaks, Mark Begich, Politics News

Democrats from oil- and gas-producing states are pushing back against the Obama administration's plans to end tax breaks for U.S. energy companies. D...

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Palin: Burning Bridges to Everywhere

Shannyn Moore | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Beth Kerttula, Senate Appointment, Ted Stevens, Alaska, Mark Begich, Tim Grussendorf, Johnny Ellis, Wayne Anthony Ross, Hollis French, Sarah Palin, Juneau-Alaska, Politics News
Shannyn Moore

Sarah Palin she wants her pick; Republican Tim Grussendorf to go before the full house for approval to the Alaska Senate! Here's Palin's letter to Senate President Gary Stevens.

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Alaska Sen. Mark Begich Discusses 3,370-Mile Commute, Shares Airport Travel Tips

Politico | Daniel Libit | Posted 04.03.2009 | Style

Read More: Mark Begich Travel Tips, Mark Begich, Mark Begich Commute, Style News

Begich generally travels with a couple of copies of business or current affairs magazines. On this latest trip, he had an issue of BusinessWeek in tow...

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Palin Pallin' with Preacher

Shannyn Moore | Posted 03.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Emmonak, Governor Palin, Mark Begich, Photo Op, Samaritans Purse, Western Alaska, Senator Mark Begich, Franklin Graham, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Shannyn Moore

Outrageous fuel prices, inflated food costs, low subsistence harvests and low or no incomes aligned to create the perfect storm of a devastating reality in Western Alaska.

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Begich Slams Lieberman On ANWR

Politico | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lieberman Begich Anwr, Lieberman Anwr, Joe Lieberman, Begich Anwr, Joe Lieberman Mark Begich, Begich Lieberman, Mark Begich, Politics News

It's only January and already we have the first Democratic caucus blood feud. Alaska Democratic freshman Mark Begich is slamming Joe Lieberman on the...

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My 2008 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 1]

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ted Stevens, Gold Medals, Begich, Ron Paul, Ramsey, Mccain, Awards, China, Sarah Palin, Cindy Sheehan, Turncoat of the Year, Miss America, Enough Already, Mark Begich, 2008, Sofa, Dennis Kucinich, American Taxpayer, Turncoat, Status of Forces, Shinseki, Prime Minister, America Does Not Torture, Obama Wins, Edwards, Obama Is a Muslim, Barack Obama, Fred Thompson, Best Comeback, Taliban, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Maliki, Worst Politician, Styx, George Bush, President, Jon Benet, Beijing, President Elect Barack Obama, Iraq, Obama, President-Elect, Most Original Thinker, Spitzer, Bush, Lieberman, Michael Phelps, Blagojevich, Paulson, Mclaughlin, Stevens, Clinton, Bummest Rap, Pirates, Most Stagnant Thinker, Most Defining Political Moment, Shoes, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Rush Limbaugh, Biggest Loser, Somali Pirates, McLaughlin Group, Most Boring, Person of the Year, Jesse Jackson, Throwing Shoes, Worst Lie, Capitalist of the Year, Jeremiah Wright, Bill Richardson, Olympics, Best Photo Op, Biggest Winner, Chris Weigant, Palin, Best Politician, Fairest Rap, Ramseys, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Welcome to our annual awards! For the past three years, this column has paid homage (translation: "ripped off their gimmick") to the McLaughlin Group...

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Alaska's New Dem Senator: Don't Put Stevens In Jail

Politico | Posted 01.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ted Stevens Conviction, Ted Stevens, Ted Stevens Prison, Mark Begich, Ted Stevens Jail, Begich Stevens Jail, Stevens Convicted, Ted Stevens Convicted, Politics News

Mark Begich, Alaska's incoming senator, knocked off Ted Stevens largely because of the senator's corruption conviction. But now Begich has a message f...

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Jason Linkins

Begich On "Maddow" Stresses Magnanimity, Change (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.21.2008 | Media

Read More: Alaska Senate Race, Video, Mark Begich, The Rachel Maddow Show, Rachel Maddow, Sarah Palin, Ted Stevens, Media News

Victorious in his race to unseat Alaska's best known collector of illicit felony-booty Ted Stevens, Democratic Senator-elect Mark Begich made an appea...

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Mark Begich On How He Beat Ted Stevens

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Alaska Senate Race, Begich Wins, Stevens Begich, Ted Stevens, Mark Begich, Mark Begich Interview, Alaska Senate, Mark Begich Wins, Politics News

NPR News' Morning Edition spoke with Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich the night of his win over Alaska Senator Ted Stevens. Begich told host Renee Montagne...

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Keith Olbermann Broke Up with Me

Shannyn Moore | Posted 12.19.2008 | Media

Read More: Break Up, Alaska, Ted Stevens, Senate Race, Mark Begich, Keith Olbermann, Shannyn Moore, Sarah Palin, Rejection, Alaska Politics, Bill Maher, Oregon, Media News
Shannyn Moore

Keith Olbermann has the temerity to ask if it's too late to sell Alaska back to the Russians -- repeatedly. America's liberal boy-wonder is breaking up with me.

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We Win, They Lose. Now, Let's Get To Work

Paul Helmke | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mark Udall, House of Representatives, Ted Stevens, John McCain, Assault Weapons, Al Franken, Senate Races, 2008 Election, Nra, Guns, Illegal Guns, Barack Obama, Ak-47, Gordon Smith, John Sununu, Senate, National Rifle Association, Mark Begich, Tom Udall, Norm Coleman, Obama Transition, Jeanne Shaheen, Jeff Merkley, Jim Martin, Saxby Chambliss, Election 2008, Elizabeth Dole, Kay Hagan, Bob Schaffer, Oregon, Politics News
Paul Helmke

Candidates endorsed or "A" rated by he NRA suffered losses in every region of the nation, up and down the ballot, losing not only the White House, but also at least six crucial races for the U.S. Senate.

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Stevens loses Alaska Senate race

AP | MICHAEL R. BLOOD | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ted Stevens, Mark Begich, Local Politics, Ted Stevens Corruption, Senate Races, Alaska, Alaska Corruption, Stevens Begich Breaking News, Huffingtonpost Stevens Loses, Politics News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest serving Republican in Senate history, narrowly lost his re-election bid Tuesday, marking the d...

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Begich Widens Lead Over Ted Stevens To Over 1,000 Votes

The Fix | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Begich Lead Widens, Ted Stevens, Mark Begich, Politics News

Democrat Mark Begich now leads Sen. Ted Stevens (R) by just over 1,000 votes with more than 90 percent of the total ballots now counted in the high-pr...

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Jason Linkins

Mark Begich Discusses AK Race With Maddow: 'Cautiously Optimistic'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.15.2008 | Media

Read More: Alaska Senate Race, Ted Stevens, Mark Begich, Rachel Maddow, Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, Media News

Mark Begich came on The Rachel Maddow Show last night ("It's an honor to be here," he said, TOTALLY crushing!) to discuss the state of the Alaska vote...

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Seth Colter Walls

Stevens Pollster: Race Is Over, Begich Will Win

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ted Stevens, Mark Begich, Stevens Pollster, Politics News

Alaska-based GOP pollster David Dittman, who worked for Sen. Ted Stevens during this year's primary race, believes Democratic challenger Mark Begich i...

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Stevens Trails Begich In Alaska Senate Race

AP | GENE JOHNSON | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ted Stevens, Mark Begich, Local Politics, Ted Stevens Corruption, Senate Races, Alaska, Alaska Corruption, Politics News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Just as Sen. Ted Stevens appeared set to return to Congress, felony conviction and all, his re-election bid has faltered. If...

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Stevens Trailing By 3 Votes In Alaska Senate Race

AP | GENE JOHNSON | Posted 12.13.2008 | Home

Read More: Alaska Senate Race, 3 Votes, Ted Stevens, Mark Begich, Ted Stevens Down by 3 Votes, Ted Stevens Begich, Alaska 3 Votes, Begich Ted Stevens, Home News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Republican Sen. Ted Stevens, a titan of Alaska politics convicted of felony charges last month, fell behind by three votes W...

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Begich Takes Lead In Alaska Senate Race -- By 3 Votes!

Anchorage Daily News | Sean Cockerham | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ted Stevens Begich, 3 Votes, Alaska Senate Race, Ted Stevens, Mark Begich, Ted Stevens Down by 3 Votes, Begich Ted Stevens, Politics News

The elections division still has over 10,000 ballots left to count today and thousands more through next week, but the latest numbers show Mark Begich...

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