What? No mainstream media covering this? Shocking!

[kandrathe]

I think she was pointing out that Russia borders Alaska, and Canada... Meaning that Alaska is unlike the lower 48, in that they don't really have "easy borders". Border states, especially our southern ones, have many more issues to deal with, and more federal interactions. And, that, yes...

If people swimming the Bering Straight to illegally enter Alaska is a problem, it's a problem that hasn't received much if any press. And Alaska does not border Russia any more than Main borders Greenland or Florida Cuba. At least not recently.

I wasn't thinking of only border integrity. There are territorial issues surrounding resources as well.

Sorry, any way you look at it, she's brain dead. Sure, she can govern a state that's obscenely wealthy. If the USA were the world's greatest producer of petroleum rather than the greatest user, she might be able to 'run' it without running it into the ground. Then again, so might a banana slug.

You are really stuck on the stupid thing. She's not brilliant, and probably some what average. No one is asking her to solve our problems with cold fusion. As far as I know, the only meter we have for leadership is experience. Our current President fails (has failed) in that area as well.