The Anchorage print media is in the midst of a round of candidate profiles and interviews of the five candidates running for the sole U.S. House seat for Alaska, the one currently held by Rep. Don Young (R - if you voted for him).The Anchorage Press's Brendan Joel Kelley interviewed Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell (R - Club for Growth) last month. In today's edition, he interviews Democratic Party candidate Diane Benson. Next week, Kelley will publish an interview with Democratic Party candidate Ethan Berkowitz.
The Anchorage Daily News's Sean Cockerham is even more active, with question-and-answer interviews of Gabrielle LeDoux appearing yesterday, Sean Parnell today, Don Young tomorrow, Diane Benson next Monday, and Ethan Berkowitz next Tuesday.
Meanwhile, as Young is coming under increasing fire from conservative and GOP-based groups for the conduct Diane Benson has been steadfastly criticizing for over two years, a Sean Parnell myth is being woven. The myth is that he is an enemy of idiotic spending plans, that he's a "true" conservative," and that he is a reformer. I can't wait to get back to Alaska and begin working on debunking that enormous falsehood, stick by straw at a time.
image of four AK-AL candidates by Steve Aufrecht; of Don Young by Dennis Zaki