So...state republicans... are planning a Begich run for governor---That sounds about right for this crowd, and it's a tactic well known throughout small-town Alaska:  Start a rumor and watch it come true.  Holding Begich up as a bogeyman says a lot more about their intentions than they'd probably care to admit.

I can see why democrats with even a modicum of charisma would be deeply threatening to state republicans right now, and Walker is definitely vulnerable...

What's wrong is often in what we take for granted:  Redistricting should be a public, transparent, non-partisan process to begin with---And we'll hear cries of "Bias!" if it ever gets corrected, just because it leans so heavily in favor of repubs now.