I wonder how Crisp would have done if he made it clear he was still a Republican (albeit a RINO) and would caucus as such. Murkowski has done this and has stayed in the hunt. Crisp, on the other hand, has made it more or less clear to anyone paying attention that he would call himself ‘independent’ but caucus with the Democrats.
I do not know that? I think the more likely outcome is that Joe Miller wins quite handily, but I am certainly open to correction.