Posted by Jeanne Devon on July 30, 2013 · 63 Comments
Stay calm. Just sit for a minute. If you’re an Alaskan, do not start loading up the motorhome for your political asylum road trip to Canada. If you are from the Lower 48, do not stop reading here and put a big red Sharpied ‘X’ over Alaska on your desktop globe. Let me explain. A few weeks ago, the ex-half-governor unhinged her maw, and some words fell out. Seemingly, she is considering a run for the U.S. Senate against incumbent Democrat Mark Begich. Pollsters tilted their heads to the side like a dog who hears a whistle. Then they got…
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Posted by Zach Roberts on April 29, 2013 · 9 Comments
UPDATE: A Sen. Begich Office spokesperson got back to TheMudflats with this statement on the PPP polling: “Leading up to the Senate vote, the vast majority of Alaskans who contacted our office were asking Senator Begich to protect Alaskans’ 2nd amendment rights. Hearing their concerns and staying consistent with his long-held position, Senator Begich told Alaskans from the start that while there are things we can do to keep our communities safe, the Manchin-Toomey proposal was not the best approach.” [Below was posted earlier Monday the 29th] While no Alaskan polling firm has come out with data on the effect…
Category Alaska Senate Race, Elections, Headlines, Uncategorized · Tags Alaska, Begich, colbert, democrat, gun vote, Mark Begich, Murkowski, polling, PPP, Public Policy polling, republican, toomey
Posted by Jeanne Devon on January 24, 2011 · 120 Comments
There is a debate raging up here in the Great Land. And it goes something like this: Position A – We do NOT want Palin as the GOP nominee. No way, no how. We’ve suffered through more Sarah Palin than anyone, and we’ve seen the super scary morphing from affable, anti-corruption “fresh face” bipartisan ethics champion to shrieking, self-serving, rabid Tea Party ideologue. And thanks, but no thanks. As improbable as it may seem that she’d actually win, look what has happened in the past in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections. To use some violent political metaphor in honor…
Category Barack Obama, Election 2012, Republicans, Sarah Palin · Tags Obama 2012, Obama v. Palin, Palin 2012, Palin for president, Palin Poll Numbers, Pawlenty 2012, Public Policy polling, Romney 2012, Texas Democrats
