Lisa Murkowski announces write-in bid; is the Republican party fracturing?

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Lisa Murkowski, defying Sarah Palin, announces write-in bid for Alaska Senate against Joe Miller

BY JOE TACOPINO
DAILY NEWS WRITER

Saturday, September 18th 2010, 11:08 AM



Guess who's coming to dinner, Iowa? Sarah, from Alaska
Most voters hold unfavorable views of Palin, Tea Party: poll
Christine O'Donnell to divided GOP: Can't we all just get along?
Alaska Sen. Murkowski stunned by Palin-backed candidate
Three’s a party in Alaska.

Weeks after losing the Republican primary to Joe Miller in one of the Tea Party coups of the 2010 election, Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski has announced that she will run in the general election as a write-in candidate, setting off a competitive three-way race for the seat.

Murkowski made the announcement to supporters at an Anchorage convention center on Friday.

"The gloves are off," Murkowski said at the event, adding that Alaskans deserve a choice between the "extremist views" of Joe Miller and "inexperience" of Democratic candidate Scott McAdams.

Miller, a slightly bearded political neophyte, is strongly backed by both the Tea Party and former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.

After Murkowski’s announcement of her write-in candidacy, Palin made an attempt to foster GOP unity via Twitter.

"Primary voters spoke," the Fox News analyst wrote. "Listen to the people, respect their will… voters chose Joe instead."

The Alaska Senate race is just one of many which have been uprooted by the infusion of Tea Party-backed candidates.

In Delaware, Christine O'Donnell's primary victory over the Mike Castle is seen as a blow to the Republicans chance at retrieving Vice President Biden’s former seat.

Mitch McConnell, the Senate Republican leader, tried to urge calm amid the storm of Republican infighting.

"Lisa has served her state and our party with distinction," McConnell said in a statement. "But Republicans acknowledge the decision Alaskans made and join them in support of the Republican nominee, Joe Miller, the next senator for Alaska."



Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/pol...ka_senate_irks_sarah_palin.html#ixzz0zttF74VZ
 
Finally a fracture between the neo-fascists and the far right. Maybe this will lead to further domination of the American political scene by the center-right Democratic party?
 
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MakeMeASandwichBitch said:
Lisa Murkowski, defying Sarah Palin, announces write-in bid for Alaska Senate against Joe Miller

BY JOE TACOPINO
DAILY NEWS WRITER

Saturday, September 18th 2010, 11:08 AM

Guess who's coming to dinner, Iowa? Sarah, from Alaska
Most voters hold unfavorable views of Palin, Tea Party: poll
Christine O'Donnell to divided GOP: Can't we all just get along?
Alaska Sen. Murkowski stunned by Palin-backed candidate
Three’s a party in Alaska.

Weeks after losing the Republican primary to Joe Miller in one of the Tea Party coups of the 2010 election, Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski has announced that she will run in the general election as a write-in candidate, setting off a competitive three-way race for the seat.

Murkowski made the announcement to supporters at an Anchorage convention center on Friday.

"The gloves are off," Murkowski said at the event, adding that Alaskans deserve a choice between the "extremist views" of Joe Miller and "inexperience" of Democratic candidate Scott McAdams.

Miller, a slightly bearded political neophyte, is strongly backed by both the Tea Party and former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.

After Murkowski’s announcement of her write-in candidacy, Palin made an attempt to foster GOP unity via Twitter.

"Primary voters spoke," the Fox News analyst wrote. "Listen to the people, respect their will… voters chose Joe instead."

The Alaska Senate race is just one of many which have been uprooted by the infusion of Tea Party-backed candidates.

In Delaware, Christine O'Donnell's primary victory over the Mike Castle is seen as a blow to the Republicans chance at retrieving Vice President Biden’s former seat.

Mitch McConnell, the Senate Republican leader, tried to urge calm amid the storm of Republican infighting.

"Lisa has served her state and our party with distinction," McConnell said in a statement. "But Republicans acknowledge the decision Alaskans made and join them in support of the Republican nominee, Joe Miller, the next senator for Alaska."

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/pol...ka_senate_irks_sarah_palin.html#ixzz0zttF74VZ
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If Joe Miller wins, I wonder how much he's going to trim the $2400 per capita his state gets from the federal government each year. I mean, Alaska was first in line and far exceeded every other state's gimme. What better way to set an example than for him to clean his own house first, before whining about big government.

Page 12 tells the story:

http://www.census.gov/prod/2010pubs/fas-09.pdf (Click)
 
MakeMeASandwichBitch said:
Finally a fracture between the neo-fascists and the far right. Maybe this will lead to further domination of the American political scene by the center-right Democratic party?
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Could be. Like I said in an earlier post. Republicans are doing their damnedest to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
 
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Mott the Hoople said:
Could be. Like I said in an earlier post. Republicans are doing their damnedest to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
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The Delaware seat was pretty crucial for a Republican takeover of the senate. This is also makes the Republicans less likely to retain Alaska, but I'd assume that the chance of the Democrat winning with a split vote are still probably less than 1 in 10 (where before it was like 1 in infinity).

I guess it really didn't matter if the Republicans took the senate, because they still won't have the 60 seats necessary to pass legislation to repeal Obamacare or the 66 votes necessary to overcome the inevitable veto. We will be headed towards inevitable gridlock, which is what we were headed towards anyway. With the eventual economic recovery I'd expect Obama to be able to take advantage of things much like Reagan was able to.
 
MakeMeASandwichBitch said:
The Delaware seat was pretty crucial for a Republican takeover of the senate. This is also makes the Republicans less likely to retain Alaska, but I'd assume that the chance of the Democrat winning with a split vote are still probably less than 1 in 10 (where before it was like 1 in infinity).

I guess it really didn't matter if the Republicans took the senate, because they still won't have the 60 seats necessary to pass legislation to repeal Obamacare or the 66 votes necessary to overcome the inevitable veto. We will be headed towards inevitable gridlock, which is what we were headed towards anyway. With the eventual economic recovery I'd expect Obama to be able to take advantage of things much like Reagan was able to.
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How will the economy recover when jobs and even stimulus money is going overseas? If you're so smart, this should be an easy question. Let's see you actually answer it, twat.
 
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