[A similar article is posted at The Huffington Post] Well, it looks like the inner sanctum just got a little less populated. There aren’t many of the old gang from Alaska left.  Politico reports this morning that Sarah Palin’s most visible henchperson Meghan Stapleton has inflated a life boat and leaped over the side of [...]

I have been besieged with emails, Facebook messages, and blog comments asking for my impressions of the Vanity Fair piece that appeared today entitled “It Came from Wasilla.” Basically, the article was a whole lot of what we already knew, skillfully brought together, and topped off with some more interesting McCain staffer revelations from the [...]

There’s a bit of sage advice that most politicians take to heart:  Rise above the fray.  President Obama is a great example of how this works.  Sarah Palin and spokeswoman Meg Stapleton are a great example of why the advice exists in the first place, and as we have seen before, they are main characters [...]

Soon 2008 will be a memory. It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. But one thing is certain, Alaska was in the news a whole lot more than anyone ever expected. Strange local politics suddenly became strange national politics, and even issues which remained local to Alaska became just as [...]