I don`t know what your definition of loser comes from.  A Governor who sets this state on a robust and healthy fiscal path is no loser.  We were giving away the future solvency of the state by following the Senate plan of raiding the permanent fund and it`s dividends, and spending savings, and continuing oil subsidies, instead of doing their fiduciary duty for the state and people.
 I cringe at the thought of where we`d be if Parnell and his oily cronies in the House would have won.  We`d still be asking the cartel how much more they want in tax breaks and "per-barrel" subsidies to "keep TAPS full".  How long have they been selling that Exxon-POD-#23-like baloney?  Here even Conoco`s car salesman Mulva backed away from Parnell`s claim of "a million barrels a day" if we only subsidize the legacy oil fields.  

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/economy/article24620578.html  Sound familiar??