rssMiller’s Anti-Earmark Stance
Friday, September 03, 2010 at 5:17 pm
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Joe Miller, now officially Alaska’s Republican candidate for Senate, is another insurgent who fits into a pattern Jesse has identified of politicians shirking earmarks in the run-up to November’s election.
It’s a particularly surprising stance to take in Alaska, where the late Sen. Ted Stevens unabashedly brought home dollars for projects like the infamous Bridge to Nowhere. As The Washington Post reports, for years Alaska’s representatives brought home more earmark funding than any other delegation, and Alaskans are worried about the impact an anti-earmark senator would have on the state’s bottom line.
Some Alaskans fear what will happen if those federal dollars dry up. “People up here like being far away, but it’s a hard way to go,” said George Page, 68, a retired truck driver who moved to Alaska from Southern California in 1967. “Heating fuel is $1 more a gallon than in the Lower 48. There are no roads. All the people in the Lower 48 hear about is our oil wealth, the dividend. It’s a perception that’s really, really hard to change.”
It will be even harder to fight for federal resources with a new senator who doesn’t want them. Even Miller’s supporters said they hope his anti-spending rhetoric softens once he’s in office.
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Finally Alaskans might get what they deserve, with due apologies to the small minority of Alaskans with the brains to see Palin for what she is.
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