dabbling in politics

There are some great political blogs in Alaska like Mudflats, and The Immoral Minority but I can't resist a little dabbling.

As you may know our Governor is a bit flamboyant with her aspirations to national office. When (if) she's at work in Juneau, she's usually not cooperating with the legislature. Recently Juneau's Senator Elton left for a job with the Obama administration, leaving the city with out a 2nd voice in the Senate. After much todo, at the very end of the session, Mrs. Palin accepted former Juneau Mayor Dennis as the replacement. After she had tried to force the legislators to accept her two (barely democrat) choices and after they'd tried to force her to accept Beth Kertula... now children stop fighting. This is Mrs. Palin's second defeat at the hands of the legislature in as many weeks, they voted down her choice of W.A. Ross as Attorney General too. Thank goodness. I honestly believe that one step at a time Alaska is moving in to the 20th century. Maybe in another 100 years the 21st.