Because of course, Palin is a "drag" on the ticket! Quick, smear her with an unsubstantiated, made-up allegation of wrongdoing!
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Gov. Sarah Palin's signature accomplishment - a contract to build a 1,715-mile pipeline to bring natural gas from Alaska to the Lower 48 - emerged from a flawed bidding process that narrowed the field ( Read more... )

Democrats tried to ridicule Governor Palin's remark that Russia is so close to Alaska that you can see it from certain parts of Alaska. They went on to pooh-pooh her remarks about when Putin sends his bombers our way they encounter Alaska first.

For Democrats, reality is a bitch.
Not since 1984, just before the fall of the Soviet Union, has ( Read more... )

It is a bit sad that this kind of event has dropped out of favor. Politicians in cities that have suffered declines in population should learn from this example. People want land of their own.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A town in Alaska's frozen interior that offered free land to anyone willing to put down roots had it all spoken for within hours ( Read more... )

Pardon my lack of enthusiasm, but this should have been done five years ago. There's really no reason to do this now except as an effort to appease contributors heading into the last two years of his administration.
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush is deciding whether to lift a ban on oil and gas drilling in federal waters off Alaska's Bristol Bay ( Read more... )