Joe Miller

Republican: Miller Hurting Republicans In Alaska (VIDEO)

Brian Beutler | November 2, 2010, 11:36AM

Alaska Senate candidate Joe Miller (R)

The tea party-backed Joe Miller's victory over Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the Alaska Senate primary gave Democrat Scott McAdams an opportunity to make a name for himself, and a narrow shot at victory. But it's also given Democrats across the state an opportunity to use Miller and his enormous disapproval ratings against other Republicans.

Case in point: a new ad running in Alaska for dark horse gubernatorial candidate Democrat Ethan Berkowitz, that ties Republican Sean Parnell to Miller and Sarah Palin.

"They gave Alaska its largest tax increase, the most spending in state history, declining oil investment, higher unemployment, a $500 million giveaway to TransCanada and Exxon," the ad's narrator says. "And they gave us Joe Miller. With four more years of Sean Parnell, do you really think we'll be any closer to building a gas line?"

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AK-GOV

AK Gov. Parnell: 'Only God Knows' The Age Of The Earth (AUDIO)

Jillian Rayfield | October 29, 2010, 2:16PM

Alaska Governor Sean Parnell

At last night's Alaska gubernatorial debate, Gov. Sean Parnell (R) wouldn't respond directly to a questions about the age of the earth. "Only God knows," he said.

Parnell and Democrat Ethan Berkowitz were asked which number more accurately describes the age of the earth, 6000 years or 6 billion years. After Parnell's answer, Berkowitz said: "I'll go with 6 billion."

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Sarah Palin

Poll: Alaska Now Divided On Sarah Palin

Eric Kleefeld | January 29, 2010, 10:45AM

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin

The new survey of Alaska by Public Policy Polling (D) finds that the state that gave Sarah Palin to American politics is no longer that enamored with her. After Palin resigned the governorship in order to pursue a national book tour and a commentator slot on Fox News, she is only picking up a lukewarm personal rating of 47% favorable to 45% unfavorable.

The big beneficiary of the recent upheavals in state politics is the new governor, Sean Parnell, who has an approval rating of 58%-19%. Even Democrats approve of the GOPer Parnell by 51%-27%, along with 55%-20% among independents. By contrast, independents' favorability rating for Palin is only 36%-55%.

"Sarah Palin's home state popularity has really declined," said PPP president Dean Debnam, in the polling memo. "Voters seem to have been pretty put off by her leaving office early. But Sean Parnell is certainly benefiting from it."

Sean Parnell

Sean Parnell To Obama: Love To Meet Ya, But Something Came Up

Evan McMorris-Santoro | November 12, 2009, 6:01PM

President Barack Obama, Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell (R)

Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell (R) steered clear of President Obama's visit to his state today. Obama stopped off at Elemendorf Air Force Base near Anchorage on his way to his tour of Asia that starts tomorrow.

Obama was greeted at the base by hundreds of cheering airmen as well as Alaska's Lt. Gov., Craig Cambell (R), and the state's junior U.S. Senator, Mark Begich (D). But Parnell said he was too busy to make an appearance.

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