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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Sarah Palin has emerged as a key figure in an Alaskan Senate primary race so close that it will now be decided by absentee ballots. Heavily favored Sen. Lisa Murkowski watched the surprising returns showing a tight race Tuesday night, becoming painfully aware of both Palin’s impact and growing anti-government sentiment. Read More… More on Sarah Palin

Below is Alaskan Eddie Burke’s official press release announcing his run for Lieutenant Governor in 2010. His early forced retirement from AM-radio has left him with time on his hands - time enough to seek the second-highest administrative position in the Last Frontier. Progressive talk show host Shannyn Moore and I talked with Eddie on the air on her show , right after he was …. retired, and urged him to run for Governor as a Tea Party candidate. This isn’t quite as exciting, but the debates with Rep. Jay Ramras (R) and Diane Benson (D) will be amusing to say the least.

Before Tina Fey and “Drill, baby, drill,” there was mud season here in the Alaskan capital. This soggy, socked-in spring has been no exception, but it sure has been different in other ways. For Gov. Sarah Palin, Republican meteor, getting back to governing has not been easy. More on Sarah Palin
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For Sarah Palin, A Rough Return To Her Day Job: New York Times

“Bored, anonymous, pathetic bloggers who lie annoy me,” says Sarah Appalling. Is she channeling Spiro Agnew? Or trying to? That’s some goal. Remember Agnew’s narcissistic and paranoid ravings?

The beauty of nature ... an aurora display near Fairbanks, Alaska
Amid “Troopergate” and other government scandals, including killing wolf pups, Alaskan writer Nick Jans explains why the Palin phenomenon rings hollow in his home state.