The McCain campaign's control over access to Sarah Palin (I'm STILL waiting for an unscripted Q&A session with reporters from her) extends to her fellow Alaskans and it's starting to really piss off her constituents mightily in that 49th state.
In stubbornly independent Alaska, the sudden intrusion of a political campaign into so many corners of state government -- not to mention Wasilla, where a dozen or more campaign researchers and lawyers have also begun overseeing the release of any information about Palin's years as mayor -- has touched a raw nerve. McCain staffers have even been assigned to answer calls for Palin's family members, who have been instructed not to talk.
"Why did the McCain campaign take over the governor's office?" the Anchorage Daily News demanded in an editorial Saturday. "Is it too much to ask that Alaska's governor speak for herself, directly to Alaskans, about her actions as Alaska's governor?"
This shouldn't be a surprise to anyone who knows anything about the state of Alaska. We're a fiercely independent bunch of libertarians who want our annual oil check to be around at least $1500 per person and access to our elected officials.
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