Apparently, she would prefer for Alaska to have a foreign policy. See also Adam, Yglesias, and Tapper.
While most folks are concentrating on the implications of this development for late night comedy, I’d like to sound a more serious note. This is hardly the first time this summer that a political leader in a former Russian territory has staked out a fringe secessionist position; could the new-found prominence of the Alaska Independence Party portend a South Ossetia style invasion and annexation? Conservatives have been touting Alaska’s proximity to Russia and Palin‘s consequent foreign policy experience; does this mean that Governor Palin has already engaged in negotiations with Prime Minister Putin and President Medvedev? It would be irresponsible not to speculate….
–Robert Farley
