Dean-  you need to be schooled.  You may have forgotten that our first governor was a Democrat.  His son still is, and appears to be doing quite well.  Our first congressional representatives were primarily Democrat.  In fact, Alaska appeared to be so Democratic-leaning, that congressional Republicans blocked Alaska statehood for over 30 years to avoid bringing in another Democratic state.  It is only when a large wave of people started moving to Alaska, with the pipeline construction, that Alaska became mired in Republicanism.  Alaska Democrats never went anywhere, neither did democratic Alaskans.  We've done just fine.  Thank you.