No, he just names his daughter. *G* Actually, robo, I have the impression that Lisa Murkowski is doing OK in the Senate. (For others: When Frank Murkowski resigned from the Senate in Washington DC and won Alaska's governorship in 2002, the new governor appointed his daughter who was in her first or second term in the Alaska House of Representatives to his Senate seat. It caused an uproar.) Would you agree? Obviously I don't agree with some of her views and opinions but it seems that she is listening and learning.

It's hard for me to believe that Palin will overcome Knowles. Being a two-term former governor he has tremendous name recognition and a known track record. But she did get more numbers overall than Knowles did, and the Republican party in Alaska is bigger than the Democratic party so maybe so. If the Grand Oil Party promotes her heavily, Alaskans may get to know her better. I had never heard of her before she began campaigning this year.