tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post5445410909385537599..comments2024-03-23T08:51:09.577-08:00Comments on Progressive Alaska: U.S. Senate Democratic Party Nominee Scott McAdams Press Conference in AnchoragePhilip Mungerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601488767955084836noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-59673312456464061972010-08-25T22:46:54.257-08:002010-08-25T22:46:54.257-08:00Since this one of the only news items linked from ...Since this one of the only news items linked from McAdams' website, I think your point #1 could use some clarity...<br />-Ballot Measure Two was in the works (May 2009) well before anyone knew who Joe Miller was (May 2010). It wound up as a grass roots ballot measure after Sen. Bettye Davis tied up a similar bill in the Senate Health Committee after the bill passed the House. Ultimately, the measure did bring the evangelicals out in droves, which turned the tide for Miller; but I don't think it was planned that way. I think the worst you could accuse the sponsors of is putting the measure on the primary ballot instead of the general ballot because they figured correctly that conservatives in Alaska vote in stronger numbers than liberals do during the primary. Hardly some Machavelian ploy to elect a tea bagger. In fact, the lack of such a measure on the general ballot may work in McAdams' favor.<br />-The measure did not ask voters to overturn the Alaska Supreme Court's decision on parental consent. It asked voters to establish a parental notification law; an avenue that was left open by Justice Fabe in her decision ruling the consent law unconstitutional. Whether or not notification amounts to consent is a matter of opinion; and since, as I mentioned above, this is one of the only news pieces out there about McAdams right now, maybe the opinions shouldn't be so narrowly focused.<br />-McAdams is going to need a lot of support from a pretty wide spectrum of voters, many of whom may consider themselves pro-life or at least uncomfortable with teen abortions. As you pointed out, at least 33,000 people voted for Measure 2 and didn't vote for Miller. It won't do any good to heap derision upon them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com