Murkowski Likely to Lose Leadership Spot if Campaign Continues

Roll Call ^ | 09/08/10 | John Stanton

[freespirited]

I am SO sick of Lisa.

[Cicero]

“She’s an adult. She lost the race,” one senior GOP Senate aide said.

These people are so DUMB. Maybe it would give her some sort of emotional satisfaction to get revenge by acting as a spoiler, but it would destroy any chances of a future career in politics. And it would lose her a lot of useful friends and connections if she decides to leave politics.

So, what is the point? These people are just plain sick.

[Mortrey]

What is it about “You ran....YOU LOST” that she doesn’t get?

[RachelFaith]

Nice to see the party hacks at least telling her they will have to start the bus...

I wish they’d TOSS her under and roll over her a few times just to be sure...

But, this sign is at least promising.

Maybe they aren’t ALL dumb after all...

[CedarDave]

What is it about “You ran....YOU LOST” that she doesn’t get?

It's all about power for the RINOs and they will fight to the bitter end to keep it.

[Question Liberal Authority]

whether she will continue her campaign for re-election as a write-in candidate

If you were named "Murkowski" would you really want a write in campaign? John Smith, I could understand. But Murkowski will have to spend half of her stump speech teaching the audience how to spell her name.

[onyx]

Sore loser doesn’t begin to define Lisa’s fury.

Now she’s lost the Senate’s support.

They’re backing Joe Miller, and rightly so.

[Hoodat]

I am always reminded of that scene at the end of the movie Trading Places where Don Ameche screams, "Turn those machines back on! Turn those machines back on!" These people are so accustomed to their pompous Senate Club memberships that they cannot fathom living outside high society.

[God luvs America]

yes...but its about time the GOP stepped up and said something...

[paddles]

hatchet-faced b!tch...

[jazusamo]

“She’s an adult. She lost the race,” one senior GOP Senate aide said.

Well, the senior GOP Senate aide was right on the second part but if Lisa doesn't accept the fact that Miller beat her and endorse him the first part is up for debate.

Like you I suspect some of these people are just plain sick.

[gleeaikin]

Wow, Jeffords in Vermont, Crist in Florida, Murkowski in Alaska? Is this a trend?

[teletech]

She seems drunk with power that she will try and hold onto at any cost.

[Clyde5445]

I was waiting for this one. The leadership in the Senate are putting the screws to Murk. She has put them in a very uncomfortable postion as the article relates.

Good they deserve it. :)

[onyx]

Yes, and the ‘good senators’ would be best advised to act sooner rather than later. Murkowski either endorses Miller or she is stripped of everything. I am thinking they’re worried that she will vote with ‘democrats’ in the lame duck session.

Tick Tock.

[depressed in 06]

Look Lisa, if you are so special, get over it and go after the real enemy, Begich.

[Clyde5445]

It one this too lose an election in a whole different thing to go down in flames.

Murk is on the verge of the latter.

[byteback]

She’s far from Libertarian or Constitutional Conservative whichever term is preferred. If anything she’s a not quite as bad Spector and should try to get the Democrat candidate to bow out.

[Texas Fossil]

As I understand it, Alaska has a sore-loser law that will prevent her from running as a write-in candidate. In order to do that she had to be registered as an independent “before” the primary.

She can only run as a candidate for a 3rd party.

She is through.

[KeatsforFirstDog]

Classy thing would be to step aside. If she *really* can’t give it up, try again in 4 years to try to take back the other Alaska seat from the Dem who stole it from Stevens...