Ever since I got my computer hooked up here in the Guildhall, I’ve been amazed what you can learn from  blogs.

The impression from a lot of media is that while Gov. Palin may be seen as a bit on the rough and tough side by metropolitan Amerian, she’s crazy popular in her base up in Alaska.  Fox News is just one example – which described her in July as “probably the most popular public official in any state.

But then I come across the Mudflats blog.  This covers Alaskan politics and has a post on how a recent counter-demo against the triumphant return of VP Candidate Palin turned out 1400 citizens.  Mudflats claims this was organised by regular gals over coffee in Anchorage and resulted in Alaska’s biggest ever political demo.

It seems that Palin may be popular but may not be revered by all in the “great Northwest” of the USA!  It also goes to show what a bit of local knowledge can flag up.  Hopefully here on NBNW we might nail a few lies in time, too.