"Please write in for my wife ..Mrs. Hankey-Murkowski."
Posted on 09/17/2010 1:51:10 PM PDT by iowamark
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) will run for re-election as a write-in candidate after losing her bid for renomination, according to sources briefed on Murkowski's decision.
Murkowski's decision will set up a 3-way battle between the incumbent, Miller and Sitka Mayor Scott McAdams (D), potentially turning the race on its head. Private 3-way polling has shown Miller leading, but by a narrow margin.
Murkowski will make the formal announcement tonight in Anchorage. She has been mulling her options after losing to attorney Joe Miller (R) by 1.8% -- or about 2K votes out of 110K cast.
Miller won with the backing of the Tea Party Express and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R). The Tea Party Express spent hundreds of thousands of dollars criticizing Murkowski's legislative accomplishments, and Palin campaigned against her rival in the race's closing days.
She has not formally said she will run, but her campaign is inviting reporters to call in. Murkowski spokespeople were not immediately available for comment Friday afternoon.
Campaign volunteers have been inviting supporters to a "kick-off" event tonight, the Anchorage Daily News reported this afternoon. And in comments to the paper on Thursday, Murkowski certainly sounded like a candidate.
"I'm not much of a poker player, but the analogy I've been using is that I'm sitting there and I've been dealt a six and an eight," Murkowski told the paper. "I'm not much of a poker player, but the analogy I've been using is that I'm sitting there and I've been dealt a six and an eight. But it is possible."
The NRSC has said it will back Miller, even though Murkowski is a member of Senate GOP leadership. NRSC communications director Brian Walsh referred inquiries to a statement the committee released last night and refused to elaborate further.
Maybe someone should drop her a line about not coming back to either Alaska or DC or something really bad could happen. You know, a get well card from Vinnie.
Career politicians don’t give up the gravy train easily.
Pathetic.
Sore loserman.
"I'm not much of a poker player, but the analogy I've been using is that I'm sitting there and I've been dealt a six and an eight," Murkowski told the paper. "I'm not much of a poker player, but the analogy I've been using is that I'm sitting there and I've been dealt a six and an eight. But it is possible."
The crazy bitch be talking to herself...literally.
Do you think the establishment realizes how every incident like this just piles more logs into the Tea Party fire.
John Cornyn promised to remove her from her leadership post.
John... conservatives are waiting for your announcement.
And because u let 15 hours go unanswered about supporting Christine, and that you let the media have a field day overshadowing her election night victory that was won fair and square....
I EXPECT and DEMAND the monments after That Bit#$ Mulkowski announces her write-in campaign, you will rlease a statement to the press removing her from her post. Got It.
Go door to door and get Miller elected. Murkowski is finished.
....playing a six and an eight...
Sometimes I play a six/eight suited in Texas Hold ‘Em poker just to mix it up a bit. It rarely wins.
She is the establishment!
"Please write in for my wife ..Mrs. Hankey-Murkowski."
She knows she can’t even come close to winning as a write-in. Her only intention is to try to torpedo Miller. That’s it! Plain and simple.
She is the worst of the worst kind. I hope there is a real revolution and the present leadership of the RINO Republican Party in Wash DC is cleaned out completely, for sending their lawyers down there to save her ass after the election.
Problem is, the Tea Party-backed candidates need to come out in their ads and point out the obvious establishment-backed strategy to try to quell the peoples' voices in the election, and they will gain even more support.
I am so sick and tired of these Rino’s.
She'll blend right in there.
Shameless POS.
The Miller campaign should print up a bunch of signs with Lisa’s name misspelled (”Merkowski”) and put them around in high-traffic areas.
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