Murkowski win a blow to Palin's influence

[colmywaykurtz]

Write-in Senate race candidate Lisa Murkowski makes history—in Sarah Palin’s old stomping grounds.

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101118/ap_on_el_se/us_alaska_senate_palin

 

[ProVobis]

Scorned again. Sarah will be back with a vengeance.

 

[Rascalking]

Ok, that “blow” is counterbalanced by her influence in the lower 48 where she met with pretty good outcomes. (Yes, there where some losses, but alot of her canidates did quite well)

If it was such a blow, then Murkowski would have won in a landslide, not eeked out a victory by a few hundred votes.

I don’t drink the kool aid on her either. I’m not her biggest fan, even though I agree with her on 90 percent of the issues.

 

[stinkcat_14]

The real question is how much Palin is interested in having influence in Alaska.

 

[colmywaykurtz]

Ok, that “blow” is counterbalanced by her influence in the lower 48 where she met with pretty good outcomes. (Yes, there where some losses, but alot of her canidates did quite well)

If it was such a blow, then Murkowski would have won in a landslide, not eeked out a victory by a few hundred votes.

I don’t drink the kool aid on her either. I’m not her biggest fan, even though I agree with her on 90 percent of the issues.

Well, Alaskans knew her before the image-making machine swung into action fully.

I have little doubt that she is going to get the GOP nomination. Her general unpopularity with rank-and-file Americans is not matched within the GOP. There, the fence-sitters are becoming fewer and fewer. She’s gaining more and more momentum among them the closer she gets to declaring herself a candidate.

Her end-run tactics using Facebook and Twitter as a venue for building influence and currying support are paying off, big-time. The Fox sinecure and the books certainly don’t hurt, either.

 

[Rascalking]

I have little doubt that she is going to get the GOP nomination. Her general unpopularity with rank-and-file Americans is not matched within the GOP. .
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Oh,I think your very wrong. She is way too polarizing even within the GOP. I’m a conservative republican, and alot of close friends are as well. I don’t know anyone who names her as a first choice for PRESIDENT. More for “cheerleader in chief”.

 

[onenow1]

If Murkowski had a big head before

 

[Friar_David_O.Carm]

I don’t think Alaska with its 3 electoral votes will be deciding any Presidential elections.

 

[KevinAK]

If Murkowski had any integrity she woukd have gotten the message in the primary that she wasn’t wanted.

I am no fan of Sarah Palin, but thanks to Murkowski she has my vote in 2012.

 

[Rich_Olszewski]

If Murkowski had any integrity she woukd have gotten the message in the primary that she wasn’t wanted.

If she wasn’t wanted, how did she win the election through write-in ballots, the hardest way there is to win an election?

Miller was a nobody who wouldn’t have gotten a thousand votes had it not been for Palin.

 

[TexCatholic4JMJ]

IJoe Miller was on Mark Levin’s show. The whole story is not being reported. Has to do
with a voter’s “intent” vs the correct spelling on the write in vote. Apparently the law was
that the write-in vote had to be correctly spelled and some ballots are not. Murkowsky
made a big deal of getting the spelling of her name out to the public, but now is going with
the “intent”.
Don’t know how it will come out, but I’m still praying for Joe Miller. Even if he loses, it will
be by very few votes and he did come out of “nowhere.”

 

[Mr_Skeptic]

Write-in Senate race candidate Lisa Murkowski makes history—in Sarah Palin’s old stomping grounds.

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101118/ap_on_el_se/us_alaska_senate_palin

Awesome!

 

[Scott_Lafrance]

Write-in Senate race candidate Lisa Murkowski makes history—in Sarah Palin’s old stomping grounds.

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101118/ap_on_el_se/us_alaska_senate_palin

Sarah Palin’s influence is diminshed because a bunch of RINOs and Democrats wrote in Murkowski? From what I understand, McConnell is considering not inviting her to caucus with the Republicans when the new Congress is sworn in. She can go caucus with the Democrats where she belongs.

 

[catsrus]

Good for Murkowski.
I’m getting VERY tired of Palin being “the” touchstone and oracle of the GOP.
Though you’d hardly know it, the self promoting Mrs.Palin does not speak for even half of the Republican party.

 

[cyberwolf001]

Hmmm seems the GOP is turning on Sarah.

If she wasn’t wanted, how did she win the election through write-in ballots, the hardest way there is to win an election?

Miller was a nobody who wouldn’t have gotten a thousand votes had it not been for Palin.

Murkowski was not anointed in the primary therefore she shouldn’t have taken it directly to the people. Well she could have if the primary winner was deemed too liberal.

IJoe Miller was on Mark Levin’s show. The whole story is not being reported. Has to do
with a voter’s “intent” vs the correct spelling on the write in vote. Apparently the law was
that the write-in vote had to be correctly spelled and some ballots are not. Murkowsky
made a big deal of getting the spelling of her name out to the public, but now is going with
the “intent”.
Don’t know how it will come out, but I’m still praying for Joe Miller. Even if he loses, it will
be by very few votes and he did come out of “nowhere.”

The thing is we don’t know how many were misspelled. This was reported on MSNBC and NPR one thing they noted is Miller always brought out one more thing to invalidate Murkowski’s vote.

 

[Scott_Lafrance]

If she wasn’t wanted, how did she win the election through write-in ballots, the hardest way there is to win an election?

Miller was a nobody who wouldn’t have gotten a thousand votes had it not been for Palin.

She was wanted more by the Democrats than the Democrat candidate, which speaks volumes.

 

[Rich_Olszewski]

Murkowski was not anointed in the primary therefore she shouldn’t have taken it directly to the people. Well she could have if the primary winner was deemed too liberal.

Sauce for the goose…

 

[Scott_Lafrance]

Hmmm seems the GOP is turning on Sarah.

Murkowski was not anointed in the primary therefore she shouldn’t have taken it directly to the people. Well she could have if the primary winner was deemed too liberal.

The thing is we don’t know how many were misspelled. This was reported on MSNBC and NPR one thing they noted is Miller always brought out one more thing to invalidate Murkowski’s vote.

The answer to this whole thing is that Murkowski was the most desirable Democrat option on the write in pallet, even more so than the official Democrat. Had Murkowski opted to run as a Democrat in the primary, I have to doubt she would have won handily.

 

[Rich_Olszewski]

She was wanted more by the Democrats than the Democrat candidate, which speaks volumes.

Yes, it does. She wasn’t intent on being polarizing. What a terrible thing, eh, to have a politician who’s willing to work with those across the aisle.

 

[Scott_Lafrance]

Yes, it does. She wasn’t intent on being polarizing. What a terrible thing, eh, to have a politician who’s willing to work with those across the aisle.

I have no respect for people who compromise with the principles established in the Constitution, which is all that “work with those across the aisle” means.