Saw this article in the Guardian.  Worth a look. And quite funny.

To sum up, the new Republican VP pick belonged to a political party, the AIP, that wanted Alaska to secede from the Union.

Oops.

Here’s the funniest part:

Yet it is the AIP’s motto, “Alaska First, Alaska Always”, that may cause the most trouble for McCain. The Republican’s campaign slogan this year is “Country First”.