I am very surprised and optimistic about his sudden turn of events. This is a game changer and if Alaska has a late primary, Joe Miller could stand a very good chance of upsetting little Lisa.
Palin's endorsement does carry alot of weight, for good for for ill (witness Perry and Rand Paul's successes). And even moreso in her home state.
I had just about given up hope on Murkowski even having ANY kind of primary challenge a month or two ago, since I had been loudly protesting her borderline RINO record and it seemed to fall on deaf ears with even nationally known conservative pundits (what happened to the freepers always yapping about how "we must concetrate on defeating RINOs in RED STATES first... blah blah blah") Some freepers even seemed quite HAPPY with Frank Murkowski's little RINO princess in office (I have no idea why), and most people who chimed in said Palin weighing in against Murkowski was impossible since she and Murkowski had "made peace" a while back and were now allied. Puke.
Well, whatever the case, apparently after they "made peace", little Lisa turned around and stabbed Sarah in the back after she resigned (dontsa just love RINOs), so all bets were off at that point. Good.
John McCain might be the most high profile backstabber we have in the Senate now, and a bunch of freepers can't stand him, but the record shows that Lisa Murkowski has the least conservative record of any sitting GOP senator up for re-election in 2010. Her latest "conservative" ratings were something like 60%. Terrible for someone representing a state where Republicans win by huge margins. Replacing Murkowski with a decent conservative would be the biggest ideological shift in a Senate seat this election cycle, aside from straight liberal D to conservative R party takeovers.
When is the AK primary coming up? It's time for conservatives nationwide to put this one on the radar. This seat is MADE to elect a decent conservative.
Now if we can just get freepers to stop pressing their lips to John Thune's behind after he betrayed us on Bolton and wants to be all "bipartisan" and ride the federal gravy train whenever possible...
I would prefer that *Sarah* Palin endorse Miller as well.
((((( (Todd)Palin Ping)))))
Todd Palin endorses Joe Miller challenger to Lisa Murkowski (R-AK).
Palin’s assault on the corrupt tendrils of the old-school Alaska GOP continues.