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Independent Alaska Gov. Bill Walker Suspends Re-Election Bid

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Wow. Walker actually has values and principles. He admits his wrong doing and steps down. Also he endorsed his Democrat challenger possibly giving Mark Begich the edge in the governor's race. This is an insane shake-up for Alaska.

Alaska Gov. Bill Walker announced he is suspending his bid for re-election on Friday, eighteen days before the election and three days after Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott abruptly resigned from his post after making “inappropriate comments” to a woman, the Anchorage Daily News reports.
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Independent Alaska Gov. Bill Walker Suspends Re-Election Bid
 
JANFU said:
What wrongdoing did he commit?
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Ooops I guess he didn't like being tied with Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott. Interesting in that, or he just ran out of $$$. Maybe something more's coming.
 
JANFU said:
What wrongdoing did he commit?
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Sounds like sexual harassment. Who knows what he said though unless it is released.
 
Doesn't really matter. He's losing anyway.
 
azgreg said:
Sure, but if his supporters get behind Begich Begich will handily defeat Walker.
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There's a split involved. If Bill Walker's supporters were all Democrat, they would already be Begich supporters. The race becomes competitive with a slight edge to Dunleavy.
 
Wow, this doesn't happen every week - and if so not with such abstract vague details.
 
azgreg said:
Sure, but if his supporters get behind Begich Begich will handily defeat Walker.
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It almost sounds like he was given the option to drop from this before someone came forward.

The fact that he would back his opponent is strange, especially seeing how against them in the past he has been. Not to mention the animosity the democrats have displayed in the recent months.

I don't know, it smells for some reason.
 
Oborosen said:
It almost sounds like he was given the option to drop from this before someone came forward.

The fact that he would back his opponent is strange, especially seeing how against them in the past he has been. Not to mention the animosity the democrats have displayed in the recent months.

I don't know, it smells for some reason.
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He was always a de facto Democrat, but he needed an independent/unity ticket to win in such a predictably Republican voting state.

Begich putting in was at the behest of labor unions, for whom Begich has been a lobbyist since he was ousted from the Senate. Alaska is more labor unionized than any state in the country except New York. And now that public sector union financial support from employees is optional, unions are instructing there puppet governors in union-controlled states to pass laws and EOs that expand union reach. It’s happened in New York, New Jersey, and Washington state, very union dominated states. Unions would like a governor in place in Alaska to follow suit.

Unions had an only partial ally in Walker. But they have a puppet in Begich. This scheme has been in the works since the moment Walker beat Parnell.

It would be better for Alaska if Walker could remain governor and Begich could be given his Senate seat back from Dan Sullivan. Sullivan has turned out to be a partisan idiot. He will happily sacrifice Alaska in the name of saving federal dollars. The people that voted him in to represent them are directly harmed by his policy positions that would deprive the state of any and all federal support. It really just makes no sense. So while I was mildly delighted to see Begich lose because I really do not like Begich, I would rather have him in the Senate than giving labor unions complete control of the state.
 
Oborosen said:
It almost sounds like he was given the option to drop from this before someone came forward.

The fact that he would back his opponent is strange, especially seeing how against them in the past he has been. Not to mention the animosity the democrats have displayed in the recent months.

I don't know, it smells for some reason.
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The smell of desperation.
 
SDET said:
The smell of desperation.
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Anyone who’s following this might have found it strange when, back in August, the AFL-CIO endorsed Walker instead of Begich. Begich is a lobbyist for AFL-CIO. Begich IS AFL-CIO. To the bone. So why would he not get the AFL-CIO’s endorsement?

Because this was a part of a deal. It might have even been Begich’s idea. The deal was that AFL-CIO would endorse Walker if Walker would agree to drop out and indoors Begich if his numbers went panning out.

Begich and Vince Beltrami have been planning this for a long, long time. And it’s working out exactly as they hoped and intended.
 
Neomalthusian said:
Anyone who’s following this might have found it strange when, back in August, the AFL-CIO endorsed Walker instead of Begich. Begich is a lobbyist for AFL-CIO. Begich IS AFL-CIO. To the bone. So why would he not get the AFL-CIO’s endorsement?

Because this was a part of a deal. It might have even been Begich’s idea. The deal was that AFL-CIO would endorse Walker if Walker would agree to drop out and indoors Begich if his numbers went panning out.

Begich and Vince Beltrami have been planning this for a long, long time. And it’s working out exactly as they hoped and intended.
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Does that mean you think at Dunleavy is the best candidate?
 
SDET said:
Does that mean you think at Dunleavy is the best candidate?
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I don't know, honestly, but I can hardly imagine worse than Begich. Dunleavy's campaign has put a lot of energy into attacking Walker, which now looks like a wasted effort, and his positions on issues seem particularly superficial. He makes it seem like the entire Republican Party doesn't really have any actual ideas.

His website should already be going full tilt attack mode on Begich. It should call out that he is a puppet of special interests, particularly labor unions who want to perpetually grow government spending. He should be attacking Begich's proposal to plunge the state into debt to pay for its budgets (which he's called for on his website). It's hard for me to find a clear policy position from Dunleavy.
 
Neomalthusian said:
He was always a de facto Democrat, but he needed an independent/unity ticket to win in such a predictably Republican voting state.

Begich putting in was at the behest of labor unions, for whom Begich has been a lobbyist since he was ousted from the Senate. Alaska is more labor unionized than any state in the country except New York. And now that public sector union financial support from employees is optional, unions are instructing there puppet governors in union-controlled states to pass laws and EOs that expand union reach. It’s happened in New York, New Jersey, and Washington state, very union dominated states. Unions would like a governor in place in Alaska to follow suit.

Unions had an only partial ally in Walker. But they have a puppet in Begich. This scheme has been in the works since the moment Walker beat Parnell.

It would be better for Alaska if Walker could remain governor and Begich could be given his Senate seat back from Dan Sullivan. Sullivan has turned out to be a partisan idiot. He will happily sacrifice Alaska in the name of saving federal dollars. The people that voted him in to represent them are directly harmed by his policy positions that would deprive the state of any and all federal support. It really just makes no sense. So while I was mildly delighted to see Begich lose because I really do not like Begich, I would rather have him in the Senate than giving labor unions complete control of the state.
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Just goes to show you how different it is for union advocates, especially the further south you get.

I haven't seen a representative for any labor union get a foothold in a long, long time.
I don't know, there is still something that seems a bit fishy about this whole thing. Or it may just be how distrustful I've been of any political news as of late, I'm not sure.
 
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