Behold: The Democrats' Senate Nominee in Alaska

His name is Scott McAdams. He's actually pretty good. Here he is last night, via Dave Weigel:



This isn't a race just yet -- but one could imagine a scenario in which incumbent Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski somehow finagles her way on to the ballot (perhaps as the Libertarian Party nominee), she and Republican Joe Miller trash each other, and McAdams makes it a race. Definitely one to keep an eye on.

[UPDATE at 10:15 AM]: Here's more from Alaska blogger AKMuckraker:

Scott McAdams, little known to Alaskans outside the southeast pan-handle, is a popular small town mayor. He runs the city of Sitka and has balanced budgets, focused on education, served on the school board, and has even figured out how to sell water to India. He was a deckhand on a commercial fishing boat all over the state, and is all the kinds of things that Sarah Palin said she was, before the media began to shine a flashlight in all the dark corners. He’s a “real Alaskan” in the style of the politicians of old, before oil was discovered and turned a libertarian blue state reddish.

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McAdams who unlike Miller, is a fiscally conservative moderate Democrat, has executive experience, was born and raised in Alaska, and has worked with his hands in the fishing industry, suddenly finds himself with an incredible opportunity. One could even say that attorney and Yale Law grad Joe Miller who was born and raised “Outside” is kind of “elite,” while McAdams is all about Alaska, and “real people.”

Read on at The Mudflats...