The biggest winner in the pork-barrel derby for the fifth year in a row is the state of Alaska.

It?s not front row, but it?s not the fifth row.

Montana is getting more highway pork, but so is every other state.

We spent more than the president requested, and we were criticized for pork-barrel spending,

When you have states like Alaska and Hawaii getting the lion's share of the pork and other states like Indiana on the bottom of the list, well, there needs to be a level playing field.

Alaska itself is an unusual state.