Alaska: Sean Hannity

From Sean Cockerham in Anchorage –

An announcement is coming this week regarding the proposed natural gas pipeline to the Lower 48, according to sources familiar.

There's been buzz about it the past several days and, although no one is willing to confirm it with their names attached, an announcement appears imminent. Much of the talk has been among Alaska legislators and members of their staffs.

Several state legislators said they’ve heard chatter that the announcement will involve Exxon Mobil joining with up with TransCanada to pursue construction of a pipeline from the North Slope to the Lower 48.

"I've heard the rumor, I don't know anything as far an any truth to it or not," said state House speaker Mike Chenault, a Republican from Nikiski,

Chenault said that it could be true, since Gov.

From Sean Cockerham in Anchorage –

Conservative talk show host Sean Hannity’s interview with Gov. Sarah Palin will be aired on Fox tonight (5 p.m. Alaska tonight.) In the interview, Palin continues to position herself as the anti-Obama.

The Fox web site promises Palin will be “blasting Obama’s policies” on the show.

The Drudge Report has a partial transcript, in which Palin says Obama’s actions are “kind of a ‘we told ya so’’ from the McCain/Palin campaign.

"Maybe we didn’t have a good way of expressing that, or articulating that message of ‘here is what America could potentially become if we grow government to such a degree that we cannot pay for it and we have to borrow money from other countries, some countries that don’t necessarily like America.