[proud_yank]

Is that what an Alaskan accent sounds like? Not quite Canadian, not quite North Dakotan.

There really isn't a distinct accent here.

As a governor, her administration has repeatedly changed tax structures on the oil/gas industry and I don't think she'd be anything to write home about as a VP.

[saganite]

Her administration took over a corrupt political organization in Alaska which saw (mostly) Republicans and Democrats heading to trial on a monthly baisis and that corruption stemmed from a cozy relationship with the oil industry. She’s put the dealings with those companies back on a more business like basis and returned some of the credibility of the govt there. She can’t be faulted for that. Personally, I think she would make a helluva VP candidate.