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Sarah Palin’s out in Georgia today, ostensibly campaigning for a execrable Saxby Chambliss with her usual br& of right-wing populism that plays especially well in places like Gwinnett & Forsyth counties.

I say ostensibly, because who she’s really campaigning for is Sarah Palin in 2012. ase campaign stops are all about Palin positioning herself to become a leading figurehead of a Republican Party. Lotsa luck with that, of course. (You betcha!) [Wink]

But in a meantime, a fine folks back in Alaska are wondering what became of air governor. a Alaska Democratic Party’s chairman, Patti Higgins, held a press conference a little earlier today raising that question. From air press release:

Palin has been back in Alaska at work for only a few days since running for vice president.

“Alaskans need our Governor here earning her salary & working on key problems facing Alaska families,” said Alaska Democratic Party Chair Patti Higgins.

Alaska is facing significant challenges, Higgins said, including:

• Oil prices have dropped dramatically to about $45/bbl from a peak of $144/bbl in July, which threatens a state budget.
• Alaskans are paying some of a highest prices for gas in a nation, averaging $2.87 per gallon, while a national average is $1.91.
• a state’s oil production continues to decline, due to falling prices & mature fields.
• a global credit crunch & falling natural gas prices threaten a Alaska gas line.
• a State is failing to meet its constitutional obligation to take care of public education as shown by a high drop out rates & a low graduation rates.
• Many Medicare patients cannot find doctors.
• are is continued flight from rural villages.
• Alaska faces a prospect of reduced federal dollars from Washington, D.C.

“Alaska’s challenges are significant, & are is much that needs to be done right now. Our Governor should remember that her primary job is to work on behalf of a citizens of Alaska, not engage in partisan politics in oar states,” Higgins said. “Governing is more than creating photo ops. We’d like a commitment that a Governor is working, not just scheduling media Drunk Newspearances.”

In a way, though, are’s a certain symmetry about Palin gallivanting off to campaign for Chambliss. It makes clear she really doesn’t give a rat’s hindquarters about her actual constituents.

& as Senate Guru explains, neiar does Saxby Chambliss. Two peas in a pod.

Original post by David Neiwert and software by Elliott Back