Murkowski’s (Last?) Stand

Alaska is a small state, how many votes are cast?
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And does that make make any “pivot to the center” pointless?
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Getting your base to the polls ought to be enough for a republican in Alaska, no?

It’s true, Alaska’s a small state. But of the 490k registered voters, 75k are Dems, 127k are Republican and 178k are undeclared. Most folks here say Alaska’s center-right, the operative word being center.

JNS- i have a hard time deciding whether you vote Republican or Democrat. Its very hard to tell because of your objective reporting..lol

Jay, thanks for interview. If Murkowski won’t caucus with the D’s, which R’s will she caucus with? The dwindling old school pro-biz R’s or the TP’ers led by not-quite-BFF, Sarah? How did she react to your bitter-at-Sarah questions / not quitting on state answer? That answer seemed to dance around the topic. As for Wasilla sports complex, did the interior look like this?
http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/07/07/1000-words-16/
…but please post pix here of the scenery you visited. Thanks.

OT: ilikesheep, a Tea Party event pic for your enjoyment (credits: pourmecoffee). I wonder what was the turnout for this rally.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/8023227/Animal-pictures-of-the-week-24-September-2010.html?image=18

Murkowski is part of the good ‘ol boy Republican Party. She is made out of the same family cloth which her family has been in control of Republican politics in Alaska for YEARS.
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Make no mistake, throughout America, American voters including those in Alaska know what is now going on. Reporters like Newton-Small seem to think we remain uninformed, and will follow like rats to the river to drown yet again.
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Thank again, Ms Newton-Small. We no longer blindly follow, but lead. We speak out. We are making our voices heard not only in the streets, but we shall make our voices heard loud and clear at the ballot boxes.
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Alaska, thanks to Sarah Palin, has an extremely strong Tea Party movement. Watch closely Nov 2nd as district after district, State after State fall to the Tea Party movement.
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Goodbye Ms Murkowski. Do all the write in votes you want. You’re toast!!

It helps if you have someone hum “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” as you read Rusty’s stuff. And if you’re crazy too.

Is she not really behind in the polls? I don’t think she has a snowballs chance, unlike Christine O’Donnell…

Here are Top 10 Reasons Why If You Are From Delaware That You Should Elect Christine O’Donnell http://conservativeblogscentral.blogspot.com/2010/09/top-10-reasons-why-if-you-are-from.html

Kevie,
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It helps if you have someone hum “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” as you read Rusty’s stuff. And if you’re crazy too
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Does the truth hurt so bad that all you can do is make stupid comments?
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Newfreedoms intelligence level is about ten times yours. Your name calling only shows how misinformed and ignorant you are.

Thank you 3x for your kind words. Kevin is clearly not interested in any form of discussion or debate. His only goal is to thwart any discussion what-so-ever between opposing views on any issues.
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I responded to your excellent post on immigration. Here: http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2010/09/24/stephen-colberts-fallback-position-expert-witness/?replytocom=204011#respond
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I think it also explains why people like kevie are doing what they do. People like kevin feel threatened and stand to lose their government entitlement programs. They fear they will have to go back and work hard just like the rest of us have over the years. And, become individually responsible for his own actions and work ethic.
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They also fear individual responsibility, that is why they are incessant on always moving towards some form of socialism which will prop them up in our society, and have a fall back on their “collective” misery.
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But, the problem with all of their theories and ideas are that in order to have protection for the whole of our society, we will be required to give up most if not all of our individual rights, freedom and liberty. This is why people today are so upset with the liberal idea for universal healthcare. Once you begin down that road there is no turning back. It will lead to more loss of individual rights and our freedom. They will continue to push the bar as to what is mandatory and what is not based upon what THEY think is best overall. That is a fact and history has shown it to be true over and over again.

Hey decon: Thanks for the link to the Swampland archives – whatta hoot!

“when will Miller start reaching out to the middle?”
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How can he do that? He is too far to the right; is it believable that he could have a change of heart?

newfreedom,
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Their ignorance is simply amazing. With Big Government failing everywhere you would think they would get the message that Big Government doesn’t work.
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Big Government is failing where it was invented in Western Europe. It’s also failing in the worker’s paradise of Cuba and Venezuela. Cuba just announced the firing of 500,000 government employees with possibly another 500,000 being fired in the future.
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I made these comments in an earlier post and the Libs came running back and said wait it’s still working in Canada. That’s what the Libs said about Spain last year. Times change but Liberal/Progressives don’t.
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Thank God for the November election.

Allthings..:

*Exactly*. There is no middle ground here. What a disaster for Alaska if Miller and his extremist backers prevail. I think (hope!) our voters are a lot smarter than that. I was sorry to see Lisa lose the primary and I’m not crazy about this situation. But we’ll be in big trouble if we send a right winger like Miller or a neophyte like McAdams to DC. I’ll stick with a proven, competent candidate. I vote Murkowski.

“The crowd of 100 was mostly true believers and Miller was the keynote, making me think the event was more to help Parnell than Miller.”

“true believers”? Yep, no bias there. Jay, please point out where you’ve used that term to lefty types.

Thanks for the memories: Miss some of those guys who haven’t been posting lately. It was so peaceful then. Hmm

Did Miller bring Norm Olson and his band of secessionist militia men? They’re huge fans of Joe Miller. You just can’t beat electing a secessionist to the US legislature.

Alaska’s GOP candidate Joe Miller is militia man/secessionist Norm Olson’s guy

http://www.themudflats.net/2010/09/17/a-history-lesson-for-joe-miller-the-tenth-amendment/

http://www.adn.com/2010/09/08/1445278/joe-miller-and-the-law.html?qwxq=821640&pageNum=1&&&&mi_pluck_action=page_nav#Comments_Container#ixzz0z3JtXgsV

It seems your two sources fail to say anything close to being what you claim, “Alaska’s GOP candidate Joe Miller is militia man/secessionist Norm Olson’s guy”
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Would you mind citing the paragraph where you got that from?
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Or, are you like the rest of the libtards on here and merely rant about nothing, then make outlandish claims about someone which is so far from the truth it is just one bit LIE. Isn’t that right, jillib?

Yes Alaska, please elect Miller and get Alaska off the government teat. Those of us in blue states are tired of giving Alaska $1.82 for every dollars they pay in taxes.

Time to quit subsidizing delivery of groceries and 55-gallons drums of fuel by U. S. mail. If they want to return the mis-directed bridge to nowhere money that Palin sent elsewhere, the Treasury will accept it.

It is hard to look at you with a straight face when you say you want smaller government since you will be one of the states most effected. But that is true of most of the red states-they are all new receipents of tax money, paid by the liberals in the blue states.

@kathy: *sigh*. Too true.

should it?

Did this town paid off its debts for this building, which occupancy 3 times higher than population of the town?
Are You the one, who is “fighting” for less spending?
Or spending matters ONLY when someone else spends, not You?
Moron, You are real Morong from Moronic Alaska.
And that is all because the population has the lowest level of education and IQ, but highest – with teens pregnances.
Seems prost”itute-bristol is the best example for your stupid life.

New – You didn’t read the article about Sarah’s sports complex, did you?
“The misstep led to years of litigation and at least $1.3 million in extra costs for a small municipality with a small budget. What was to be Ms. Palin’s legacy has turned into a financial mess that continues to plague Wasilla.”
“Ms. Palin marched ahead, making the public case for a sales-tax increase and $14.7 million bond issue to pay for the sports center, which was to feature a running track, basketball courts and a hockey rink. At the time, the city’s annual budget was about $20 million. In a March 2002 referendum, residents approved the mayor’s plan by a 20-vote margin, 306 to 286.”
“Last year, the arbitrator ordered the city to pay $836,378 for the 80-acre parcel, far more than the $126,000 Wasilla originally thought it would pay for a piece of land 65 acres larger. The arbitrator also determined that the city owed Mr. Lundgren $336,000 in interest. Wasilla’s legal bill since the eminent domain action has come to roughly $250,000 so far, according to Mr. Klinkner, the city attorney.”
“”If people are going to be voting on her based on her experience as Wasilla’s mayor, then they should know how she did in the job,” Ms. Woodruff said, “the good, the bad and the ugly.”"
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Then there’s this:
“During her second term as mayor, Palin proposed and promoted the construction of a municipal sports center to be financed by a 0.5%[51] sales tax increase and $14.7 million bond issue.[69] Voters approved the measure by a 20 vote margin and the Wasilla Multi-Use Sports Complex was built on time and under budget. However, the city spent an additional $1.3 million because of an eminent domain lawsuit caused by the failure to obtain clear title to the property before beginning construction.[69] The city’s long-term debt grew from about $1 million to $25 million due to $15 million for the sports complex, $5.5 million for street projects, and $3 million for water improvement projects. The Wall Street Journal characterized the project as a “financial mess”.[69]”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin
… This is what you & Sarah call getting the government out of our lives – and lower taxes – and returning to conservative fiscal responsibility?
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As to your question:
“In the past, the 10th Amendment has been used for less-than-honorable purposes; specifically, Southern states used it in the mid-1800’s in an attempt to trump the federal government’s prohibition against slavery (Emancipation Proclamation, 1862-1863), and later to attempt to prevent desegregation in the late 1950’s. The 10th Amendment argument –premised on an ability to nullify a federal law — was a stepping stone to secession. Hmm…is Joe sure that he is on the right ticket? Between this and an apparent desire to repeal the statehood act in a land grab, Joe sure does look like a secessionist. Perhaps he is only running on the Republican ticket because the Feds don’t exactly cotton to secession. That Todd Palin endorsement is making more and more sense, isn’t it?”

I don’t know what all of the fuss is about Not Gaining The Senate Majority DOESN’T Matter http://conservativeblogscentral.blogspot.com/2010/09/not-gaining-senate-majority-doesnt.html

I read the article. The author slavers over the possibility that enough Tea Partyers get elected to Congress to stop the Democrats/Obama from passing any legislation that Tea Partyers don’t like… nothing about what, if anything, would be their governing agenda.

They would govern, right? I mean, it is called the government, after all. Ain’t that why we vote for people, to govern?

Then again, maybe the Tea Partyers would go to Congress and sit on their hands… that would surely keep O’Donnell happy.