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The Net Roots' Moment in the Sun
Possible? Yes. Probable? No.
Anchorage Mayor Has Eye On House or Senate
Remember the name Mark Begich.
  New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a Democratic candidate for president, talks to about 30 voters Friday at a restaurant in Fort Madison, Iowa. (By Scott Morgan -- Burlington Hawk Eye Via Associated Press) |
Begich, the mayor of Anchorage and son of the late congressman Nick Begich (D-Alaska), is being heavily courted to run against either Sen. Ted Stevens (R) or Rep. Don Young (R) in 2008. During an interview with The Fix, he sounded more than a little interested in the possibility.
"The dynamics of the state have shifted," said Begich, citing his victory over a Republican incumbent in 2003 and the election of reform-minded Republican Sarah Palin as governor in 2006 as evidence.
That shift has been heightened by the ongoing bribery scandal in Alaska involving a former energy company executive and a number of state legislators and other elected officials. Stevens and Young are caught in its web, although few details of the probe have emerged.
"Every day it's almost like 'What is going to happen next?' " Begich said of the scandal.
Begich acknowledges that he is considering runs for either the House or the Senate in 2008, but he's not keen on putting a timeline on a final decision.
"Time is my ally," he said. "I don't need to make a decision right now. I'm a short-race type of guy."
Today: The nine announced Republicans (sorry, no Fred Thompson just yet) take to the debate stage in Des Moines for an early-morning gathering. It's the first debates in -- gasp! -- two months for the Republicans.
30 days: Massachusetts Democrats gather to pick a replacement for Rep. Martin T. Meehan, who is resigning his seat to take over as chancellor of the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.
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