[LallyG]

Palin rocks! She is a rising star and the liberal left is afraid of her.

[deport]

There has to be an election first. ILL law calls for the appointment of the replacement until the next Congressional election which would be in 2010. Now with the troubles of the Gov. and the call for the ILL Leg. to meet and change the law there maybe the option of an election. We’ll see what developes in the next few weeks.

[nathanbedford]

Of course Sarah Palin should make a cause célèbre out of corruption and out of the energy issue. The shame is the unexplained failure to have her do so during the campaign. Here is what I posted among many such posts crying out for Sarah Palin to establish her reputation as a serious candidate while there was still time rather than the butt of Saturday Night Live by appearing in a serious forum and delivering a serious speech about energy:

Here is a holy crusade ready to be led by the woman whom John McCain has said would head up energy in his administration. If Palin cannot effectively shred the House Democrats for this travesty and bring the American people to a boil on the subject, there is no issue on which she can lead, there is no place where she can reform.

In a stroke she can free herself of the Lilliputian attacks alleging she is too small for the job and transform herself into a major player on one of the most important issues which confront voters. She can do it with the single issue upon which she is most knowledgeable. It would validate her as a reformer and validate McCain's choice for Vice President. It would put the Democrats entirely on the defensive on an issue where they cannot win if they are only confronted but which they can contrive to camouflage if the McCain camp remains passive or even vague. Promises that we will drill offshore are now not enough. We have this travesty of a bill before us and it is the perfect vehicle to expose the Democrats and illuminate McCain and the Republicans.

Seize the mettle!

At the same time, while Palin is making a very serious address before an important forum on energy focused around the offshore drilling bill,...

[Sybeck1]

Is it his time??

[thackney]

if she gets a natural gas pipeline going, guess where it eventually winds up ending? Chicago.

The license issued to TransCanada by the State of Alaska is for a Natural Gas pipeline from the Alaskan North Slope to Alberta.

From there it is tied into existing pipeline that connect from California to New York. But some of this gas is also likely to feed the Alberta oil sands growing demand.

[thackney]

Chicago
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/09/business/worldbusiness/09pipeline.html

By the way, the project in the article you linked to is the competing pipeline to Sarah's preferred project and the one that the state licensed.