Comments on: Stevens Trails Begich in Vote Tally http://washingtonindependent.com/18282/stevens-trails-begich-in-vote-tally National News in Context Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:35:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kansan http://washingtonindependent.com/18282/stevens-trails-begich-in-vote-tally/comment-page-1#comment-37688 Kansan Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:12:12 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=18282#comment-37688 There are three fundamentalist communities in Alaska...the Mat-Su Borough including Wasilla, the Kenai Peninsula and the Fairbanks suburb of North Pole. Stevens had huge election day majorities in those three communities, giving him perhaps twice as many votes as was the size of his election day lead. But all over the state, Democratic voters cast their ballots early, as you note. The payoff is seen in Begich's 4,000-vote edge in the half of the absentee and questioned ballots cast and counted to date.<br><br>Even Palin didn't give McCain a boost in Alaska. As more of the truth of her dishonesty and incompetence has come out, she has descended swiftly into disfavor. Stevens, in the wake of his seven-count conviction, is running about 12 points behind the presidential ticket. Oddly, Congressman Don Young will win with about 50% of the vote, despite the public having expected an imminent indictment for him for the past 18 months. He's had many races that were as tight over his decades in office, but he last lost to a dead man...the disappeared father of Senate candidate Begich. There are three fundamentalist communities in Alaska…the Mat-Su Borough including Wasilla, the Kenai Peninsula and the Fairbanks suburb of North Pole. Stevens had huge election day majorities in those three communities, giving him perhaps twice as many votes as was the size of his election day lead. But all over the state, Democratic voters cast their ballots early, as you note. The payoff is seen in Begich's 4,000-vote edge in the half of the absentee and questioned ballots cast and counted to date.

Even Palin didn't give McCain a boost in Alaska. As more of the truth of her dishonesty and incompetence has come out, she has descended swiftly into disfavor. Stevens, in the wake of his seven-count conviction, is running about 12 points behind the presidential ticket. Oddly, Congressman Don Young will win with about 50% of the vote, despite the public having expected an imminent indictment for him for the past 18 months. He's had many races that were as tight over his decades in office, but he last lost to a dead man…the disappeared father of Senate candidate Begich.

]]> By: Frank http://washingtonindependent.com/18282/stevens-trails-begich-in-vote-tally/comment-page-1#comment-12052 Frank Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:12:12 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=18282#comment-12052 There are three fundamentalist communities in Alaska...the Mat-Su Borough including Wasilla, the Kenai Peninsula and the Fairbanks suburb of North Pole. Stevens had huge election day majorities in those three communities, giving him perhaps twice as many votes as was the size of his election day lead. But all over the state, Democratic voters cast their ballots early, as you note. The payoff is seen in Begich's 4,000-vote edge in the half of the absentee and questioned ballots cast and counted to date.<br><br>Even Palin didn't give McCain a boost in Alaska. As more of the truth of her dishonesty and incompetence has come out, she has descended swiftly into disfavor. Stevens, in the wake of his seven-count conviction, is running about 12 points behind the presidential ticket. Oddly, Congressman Don Young will win with about 50% of the vote, despite the public having expected an imminent indictment for him for the past 18 months. He's had many races that were as tight over his decades in office, but he last lost to a dead man...the disappeared father of Senate candidate Begich. There are three fundamentalist communities in Alaska…the Mat-Su Borough including Wasilla, the Kenai Peninsula and the Fairbanks suburb of North Pole. Stevens had huge election day majorities in those three communities, giving him perhaps twice as many votes as was the size of his election day lead. But all over the state, Democratic voters cast their ballots early, as you note. The payoff is seen in Begich's 4,000-vote edge in the half of the absentee and questioned ballots cast and counted to date.

Even Palin didn't give McCain a boost in Alaska. As more of the truth of her dishonesty and incompetence has come out, she has descended swiftly into disfavor. Stevens, in the wake of his seven-count conviction, is running about 12 points behind the presidential ticket. Oddly, Congressman Don Young will win with about 50% of the vote, despite the public having expected an imminent indictment for him for the past 18 months. He's had many races that were as tight over his decades in office, but he last lost to a dead man…the disappeared father of Senate candidate Begich.

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