Somebody hand Lisa Murkowski her rattle, she’s throwing a tantrum again.
Here’s a case where another establishment Republican can’t face the reality that she’s not what the people of Alaska want in the senate.
RINO Republican Lisa Murkowski refuses to go gently into that Good Night and will mount a campaign as a “write-in” candidate. Besides being a pathetic example of bad sportsmanship, there’s a possibility that the split in vote may hand the race to the Democrat.
This should be a teachable moment as to why RINO Republicans are bad for the party anyway you slice it and why commentators like Charles Krauthammer and Karl Rove need to re-adjust their interpretation of the Buckley Rule.
Run the most conservative candidates-period and offer a clear choice for the voters.
CNN reports that moments after her high-profile speech to the Iowa Republican Party, Sarah Palin addressed Friday's news that Sen. Lisa Murkowski, recently defeated in her GOP primary by Tea Party-backed Joe Miller, will launch a write-in campaign to retain her seat.
“It’s a futile effort on her part, it really is,” she told reporters in Des Moines, in between signing copies of her book for fans. “She certainly has the right to do so, but Joe Miller is the right person to lead the state and this country.”
Palin and several of her advisers backed Miller in the primary.
Tensions have long simmered between the Murkowski family and Palin, who defeated Lisa’s father, Frank, in the 2006 GOP gubernatorial
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