Ice Melts: Land Rises
In a fascinating article on the front page of Monday’s NY Times, Cornelia Dean reports on a little predicted effect of global warming: rising land mass!
Global warming conjures images … [Keep reading >>]
Posts Tagged ‘Alaska’
Exxon Valdez: 20 Years Ago and Still Ugly
20th Anniversary Exxon Valdez Oil Spill … [Keep reading >>]
Stevens Loses
Yippee!
“Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest serving Republican in Senate history, narrowly lost his re-election bid Tuesday, marking the downfall of a Washington political power and Alaska icon who couldn’t survive … [Keep reading >>]
Senatorial Updates
Looks like Begich will be the new Senator from Alaska. Votes should all be counted by Tuesday afternoon. Franken-Coleman headed for a re-count with lawyers battling for every … [Keep reading >>]
Stevens Falling Behind
“Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens is in grave danger of losing re-election after Mark Begich widened his lead to 1,022 votes Friday.
More than 90 percent of the votes are now counted, … [Keep reading >>]
Begich Still Beating Stevens
814 votes in Alaska
Alaska-based GOP pollster David Dittman, who worked for Sen. Ted Stevens during this year’s primary race, believes Democratic challenger Mark Begich is all but certain to expand … [Keep reading >>]
Stevens Falls Behind
Mark Begich made a dramatic comeback Wednesday to overtake Ted Stevens for the lead in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race.
Begich, who was losing after election night, now leads Stevens by 814 … [Keep reading >>]
Alaska: More Votes to be Counted
In the on-going saga of Alaska’s “missing” votes — fewer Alaskans seem to have voted on Tuesday last, than voted 4 years ago, a situation that seems unexplainable to almost … [Keep reading >>]
Very Strange Voting in Alaska
Nate Silver at fivethirtyeight.com is on to this, and Rachel Maddow had him on tonight to say so.
Something very very odd happened in the Alaska election. Silver … [Keep reading >>]
Palin Facing New Questions
Palin faces questions, different landscape when she returns to Alaska.
“All the alliances she used to get things done have been shattered,” said Kate Troll, executive director of the Alaska Conservation … [Keep reading >>]
Lawsuit to Derail Troopergate Fails
“Sorry to interrupt the Republican “Non-Implosion is Victory” party, but there was some breaking news in Anchorage tonight that came out a couple minutes before the debate.
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Wolf Shooting and Poll Dropping
These are the recent number for Palin popularity, done for DailyKos by Research 2000
Approve Disapprove No Opinion
9/11: 52 … [Keep reading >>]
