Baked Alaska: Yet Another Election Crashes and Burns on the Last Frontier
By Brad Friedman [Read the entire excellent article at BradBlog.com. Extensive excerpts below] …And then there are the election officials of Anchorage, Alaska, where, on April 3rd, there was another disastrous election, held on Diebold op-scan systems, in a state becoming known for its disastrous elections. “Those are amazing machines – utterly amazing,” Anchorage Election Commissioner Gwen Matthews told members of the Anchorage Assembly last Friday night during a working session as they tried to unravel the latest disaster. “It is impossible for them to go haywire,” she misinformed the law makers. “They are highly accurate. I think that I could…
Election Night With the Croft Campaign.
Well, by the time I got there, the Croft crowd at the Anchor Pub wasn’t very happy. I wouldn’t say it was somber, but there was definite disappointment in the air. Eric Croft made a nice speech, and thanked all the appropriate people, and there was food, and good company. But, the spectre of Dan Sullivan loomed large and hung heavy in the room. Everyone was kind of shaking their heads. They know what’s ahead for the next three years. Sullivan held his nose, talked like a centrist, and now has gotten elected. It will be interesting when people get…
Election Night in Anchorage. To Be Updated Throughout the Evening.
Election results: 10 precincts reporting out of 119 Croft: 640 Sullivan: 676 13 precincts reporting out of 119 Croft: 899 Sullivan: 937 21 precincts reporting out of 119 Croft: 2047 (48%) Sullivan: 2218 (52%) 57 precincts reporting out of 119 CROFT:7360 42.8% SULLIVAN:9817 57.2% Number of Precincts reporting: 87/119 Time: 9:07pm CROFT:12759 42.6% SULLIVAN:17188 57.4% Number of Precincts reporting: 97/119 Time: 9:21pm CROFT:14832 43.6% SULLIVAN:19225 56.4% CROFT:17000 43.3% SULLIVAN:22283 56.7% Number of Precincts reporting: 106/119 …
Two Candidates and the Bridge to Debt.
I popped in to see the mayoral candidates forum hosted by the AARP at Central Middle School last night. Each candidate has made his views known, and has honed their answers to most of the questions by now. These two have been seeing a lot of each other lately. So, I’ll just note a few things that popped out at me. Both candidates look a bit tired. Eric Croft, who is usually 1000 watts of raw enthusiasm was only about 993 watts of raw enthusiasm, and Dan Sullivan looked even mopier than usual. He’s OK when he speaks, but then…
Stevens Endorsement – Kiss of Death?
Wow. I didn’t expect this one. ANCHORAGE, Alaska — In a poll conducted by Channel 2 News, Thursday, April 23, 2009, respondents were asked if they were more or less likely to vote for Dan Sullivan with Ted Stevens’ endorsement of Sullivan. Here is the official question and results: Are you more or less likely to vote for Dan Sullivan with Ted Stevens’ endorsement of Sullivan? More likely 13% Less likely 70% No change 17% All polls conducted by Channel 2 News and KTUU.com are unscientific. I know, I know. These kind of polls mean nothing. I get it. But it was…