Rift grows between (Democratic Senator) Begich and Palin

Source: Anchorage Daily News

Gov. Sarah Palin's commissioners on Wednesday blasted Alaska Sen. Mark Begich as "uninformed" after he expressed frustration that a natural gas pipeline to the Lower 48 hasn't moved forward.

Former Gov. Frank Murkowski also weighed in with an opinion column asserting Palin's approach to getting the gas pipeline is a waste of time that's stalled progress. Murkowski, whom Palin trounced in the 2006 Republican primary for governor, has long been at odds with his successor. Palin's relationship with Begich, a Democrat, also appears to be increasingly sour.

This is just the latest flare-up.

In April, Palin said Begich should give up his Senate seat to a special election after prosecutors abandoned their case against Ted Stevens, whom Begich beat last fall.

Then last month Begich slammed Palin for turning down federal stimulus money for energy, saying her claim of strings attached seemed "little more than a political red herring targeted at an agenda other than Alaska's."

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Wow, there's a real tit-for-tat going on up there.

Seems I remember that from the campaign.

Didn't push it, didn't build it, took credit for it anyway.

I heard Begich is a bit of a DINO, but I would hope at least he doesn't pal around with that Artic Terrorist.

so whether Republican or Democrat, he's going to tend towards a more resource-oriented point of view, which I suppose you could call DINO. Socially, though, he's definitely progressive, nothing like Sarah. Resource development is our lifeblood, after all, so he has to advocate on behalf of some things that aren't necessarily popular in the Lower 48. He's for developing responsibly, though -- not gung-ho, willy-nilly like Ms. Priss.

I think Mark is much more in touch with reality than Sarah is, and he's calling it like he sees it here. By reading the comments to this article, you can tell that a lot of people are wondering where this "progress" is.

Our politics is never boring, but I will be glad when Sarah's finished.

At least they're using bigger words.

Sarah has a reputation for being a mean and underhanded pol.