[littleharbour]

The specifics of the loss don’t matter. Miller was Palin’s boy and he didn’t win, in her backyard. She should have been able to drag a monkey to victory over Murkowski. If she backed a weak candidate, that was still her decision.

[meadsjn]

Please drop the revisionist Alinsky crap.

Joe Miller won the primary race 51% to 49% over Murkowski, the incumbent Republican senator, in great part due to the endorsement of Gov. Sarah Palin.

Murkowski then ran a "write-in" campaign as an Independent candidate in the general election, urging Democrats to join her write-in to defeat Miller, which more than half of the Democrat voters did.

Miller thumbed his nose at the support of Palin in the general election, and lost enough Republican voters because of that rejection of Palin, to lose to Murkowski's write-in campaign.

November 11, 2010 - 09:17AM ET U.S. Senate - General Alaska - 438 of 438 Precincts Reporting - 100%

Name	Party	Votes	Vote %
Total Write-In	NPD	92,979	40%
Miller , Joe	GOP	82,180	35%
McAdams , Scott	Dem	54,147	23%
Haase , David	Lib	1,258	1%
Carter , Tim	NPD	801	0%
Gianoutsos , Ted	NPD	391	0%

[Resettozero]

The specifics of the loss don’t matter.

How can anyone have a sincere discussion with someone who makes a statement like that and then continues on.