Nobody cares about Alaska this Super Tuesday, not even the pollsters.
Its 27 delegates have been largely overlooked by GOP presidential hopefuls…except Ron Paul, of course.
Paul, the only GOP candidate to visit Alaska said today, “If a strong message can be sent from Alaska, which is known for your independence and liberty, it will be a loud and clear message.”
In lieu of a visit to Alaska, Mitt Romney wrote an open letter to Alaskans on March 2 asking for their votes.
He assured them that despite how it might look, the Romney campaign is working “very hard” for their votes.
Although Gingrich has campaigned extensively on issues that would heavily affect Alaska, such as building Keystone oil pipeline, he also opted not to visit the state and decided to appeal to the Alaska vote by holding an energy telephone town hall conference on February 28.
Rick Santorum’s efforts were so concentrated on more lucrative states like Ohio that he didn’t bother to reach out to Alaskans at all.
Notable conservative and former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin has been strangely silent on the issue – maybe she has given up on Alaska, too.
But in a tight race for delegates, primary contenders might wish they had worked a little harder to win Alaskan’s votes.
When you consider that Santorum has only 37 delegates more than Paul, who has only 4 delegates more than Gingrich, the battle for Alaska’s 27 delegates becomes a little more serious.
While it is difficult to project results without any polling data, Red Alert is confident Alaskans will respect a candidate that thinks their votes are worth a plane ticket.
