http://www.pfd.state.ak.us/

More drilling, more government checks.
You start passing out checks in the lower 48 and you could probably buy some votes for drilling down here too.

Drill-baby-drill!

Lives in Ft. Yukon so he has just folks appeal – even our 100% Democratic voting Natives usually support him. Among the most senior members of Congress. Lost to a dead man – Democrat Nick Begich, known to be dead when voters voted for him over Don Young.

Drinks like a fish. For instance, addressing a group of HIGH SCHOOL students he made crude references to buttf-ing using that term (maybe the most famous incident but he’s got several dozen by now).

The opposition to him has mostly been Diane Benson, getting closer every cycle. In 2010 Rahm Emmanuel, the Boll Weevil Neocon who was the political commissar heading the DCCC, spent a ton of money making sure Benson lost the primary to Ethan Berkowitz, who was noticeably less anti-war than Diane, who had a son in Iraq. That sunk the race, especially since the DCCC didn’t spend in the general. At the time the DCCC money was spent, Benson was polling even with Young and Berkowitz was substantially behind. Just saying. He’s lucky in his opponents, by which I mean the national Democrats. They’re as beholden to the neocons as the GOP are. The DCCC under Rahm Emmanuel actually lost more races than they won – if they had spent nothing the Dems would have gained more seats. The money was primarily spent on primaries and the only criterion for getting money was to be pro-war against Iran, etc.

Doing reporting I had a chance to interview Stevens, Murkowski, Gravel, and several others but have never interviewed Young. His reputation is that he’s mostly like he was in that hearing.