AP Exclusive: E-mails show Palin administration focused on public perception of pipeline deal
By Becky Bohrer, APThursday, May 27, 2010
AP Exclusive: Palin aides worked to sell gas deal
JUNEAU, Alaska — Sarah Palin’s administration paid close attention two years ago to how the public perceived her plans to bring a massive natural gas pipeline to Alaska, with one aide worrying the then-governor would face criticism of grandstanding for traveling out of state at a critical time for the plan’s prospects.
The correspondence is contained in more than 2,000 pages of e-mails between Palin’s office and others surrounding the pipeline process. The e-mails were released to The Associated Press under a public records request.
A pipeline to carry natural gas from Alaska’s North Slope to market has long been a dream of Alaskans and was a priority of Palin’s.
But there were sharp divisions over how best to realize it.
