Williams' Alaskan Adventure - Drilling for the Eskimo Vote in ANWR

PA-7 Watch is back!

Just in time to find Joe Sestak's opponent Craig Williams returning from his Alaskan Adventure to "steal the show" at a McCain rally, according the Delco Times.

Turns out the "rally" - later described as "the event, which drew a crowd of about 60 in the retirement community's Cardinal Clubhouse auditorium." Wow, I bet Williams rallied the seniors for McCain, since McCain is one of them!

But I got off track. Seems that Williams is having a hard time finding supporters in the PA-7 district, so he took his campaign to Alaska. According to the DelcoTimes story, "Williams discussed his recent trip to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the need for the United States to decrease its dependence on foreign oil by expanding drilling options and developing alternative fuel sources,..."

So Williams wanted to investigate first hand what would happen to ANWR if we drilled there. I'm not sure, but I think the idea is to figure out what would happen after the drilling happened.

Anyway, he wrote a bit in the News of Delaware County (not available online) where he talked about going to various Eskimo villages, including the village of Kaktovik, where he says the villagers are all for drilling.

So Williams thinks it's a good idea to campaign in Alaska when he has just a few months to go in an uphill battle against a popular incumbent in a Pennsylvania Congressional district. If he's trying to drill hes way to votes here by working the Eskimo voting block, it looks like his campaign is going to come up dry.