[Lower Deck]

I suggest the way to do this is to make a joint appearance with Begish and ask all Republicans to mark Republicans as both their first AND second choice.

You are assuming that Begich has any interest at all at helping Palin win the seat. Isn't there bad feelings between the two and doesn't Palin have some issues with Alaska voters?

[kiryandil]

You are assuming that Begich has any interest at all at helping Palin win the seat.

Palin is a thumb in the eye of the Democrats and their Media at the NATIONAL level.

One of these two things is possible - either Begich is so politically stupid that he doesn't know or understand that [in which case he shouldn't be anywhere near politics], or he's an Assistant Democrat, Assisting Peltola to pick up a seat for Pelosi.

The Republican National Committee should have already made the private call to Begich to drop out and help Palin get the seat.

I'll be watching this closely to determine if I will ever bother to vote in American "elections" again.

The choice of two flavors of the same Party is still the same Party.

[Zhang Fei]

[You are assuming that Begich has any interest at all at helping Palin win the seat. Isn’t there bad feelings between the two and doesn’t Palin have some issues with Alaska voters?]

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If Palin had asked for a joint appearance where each GOP candidate asked his/her supporters to mark the other GOP pol as his second choice, I suspect Begich would agree. But asking Begich to bow out? That’s a non-starter - especially since Palin’s and Begich’s totals were just 3% apart. Like it or not, Begich is still in the game.