[alaskanfan]

Any idea who his replacement will be?

I heard that he was asked the other day and would not even disclose a short list until after the election.

I also read in this mornings paper that Ulmer is ahead in the race according to the latest poll. The only issues that I have heard Ulmer bring up in her campaign, is the necessity for a state income tax and how we can't afford to move the legislature to a part of the state where the common man can have access to them. With the backing of The Anchorage Daily Comrade in Alaska's largest population base (Anchorage), I'm afraid this socialist has a good chance of being our next governor.

[RightWhale]

Murkowski wants to build new roads into the bush and open resources to development. Amazing how little resonance this issue has. People I work with are proud they will vote for Ulmer. Most are not aware that they always favor socialist issues and reject conservative points of view out of hand; they don't even think about it. Typical SUV soccer-mom liberals. Out of 200, there might be 20 who vote R with any regularity.