Joe the Plummeter, now in third in AK Senate race with 60% having strongly negative views

[BurtWorm]

Gawker commenter Bebe must be credited with Miller's new moniker :applause: :

http://gawker.com/5675691/is-joe-miller-finished

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The poll shows Sen. Lisa Murkowski, whom Miller vanquished in his August primary with the help of Sarah Palin and the Tea Party, presumably taking the lead as "write-in candidates" — effectively meaning her — got 34% of support. Democrat Scott McAdams is in second with 29%, and old has-been Joe Miller is now at 23%.

This is probably related to the various small- and medium-sized scandals that have popped up day after day as Miller undergoes a late vetting process. Among them: When his terrifying hired goons handcuffed and detained some local journalist in a hallway; his admission that he used — and lied about using — government computers for political purposes when he was a part-time public employee (although this may have erupted after the poll was taken); his strange, whiny public declaration about how he'd stop talking to the media forever; his hypocritical take on government benefits not being constitutional while he and his wife lived off of them; and maybe some other stuff that only Alaskans will ever know.

Basically, a lot of voters woke up one morning in the past week and decided that this Joe Miller is kind of an ass. Maybe other polls will show the race a bit closer, but there are some ugly fundamentals in this poll that seem to back up Miller's nosedive to a measly 23%. Specifically: 8% of voters feel "somewhat negative" towards Miller, while 60% feel "very negative" towards him. That's a horrible, horrible number — in Christine O'Donnell territory! But no one ever expected her to win shit.

So who knows, now. It seems some race-watchers think Miller will still pull it off, because many of the right-leaning folks who planned on writing-in "Lisa Murkowski" will just get lazy and check the Miller box. This is plausible. Humans are known to be lazy.

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Miller gives me the creeps

He's the mix of an insurance/aluminum siding salesman/porn peddler.

I hope AK is smart enough to give him the heave-ho.

[Kalyke]

7. My husband sell insurance!!

And he's certainly not creepy.

He's a liberal!

[Wickerman]

2. serious question, in AK do you have to spell Murkowski correctly

to make it count? Would Merkowski or 'sky match voter intent? I ask this because I saw something recently that the state disallowed cheat sheets showing the correct spelling of her name on the voting site.

I've been an election judge (different state)and don't recall any training that addressed the issue. Then again, in my tenure, there has never been a strong write-in candidate.

[BurtWorm]

4. Excellent question.

She'll probably get "That Other Woman--What's Her Face... Not Palin, That Other One" write-ins

[FSogol]

6. I heard that it will be counted if the spelling is close. n/t

[tabatha]

3. Thank Good.

[CatWoman]

5. just heard the good news on Big Ed's radio show

:)

[Scurrilous]

8. K & R

:thumbsup:

[K8-EEE]

9. LOL Joe the Plummeter OMG

That is just hilarious, I'm SOOOOOOO glad he's tanking!! WHAT A CREEP!

[cilla4progress]

10. This is what Palin supports.

He has her STINK all over him!

[Andy823]

11. Well...

Is there "ever" any kind of real "vetting" done on these crazy tea bag candidates? Look at Palin, no real vetting for her, and now we see all the tea bagger candidates she has been supporting who have not had any kind of "real" vetting either falling apart as election day gets closer. This who year seems to be the year of the republican "NUTS" getting wins in the primaries. As long as the tea bagger says they hate Obama, want less taxes, and NO abortion for any reason, they seem to be OK in the eyes of the tea bagger crowd!

[BurtWorm]

12. Baggers go with their guts

The rest of us, when we see what baggers come up with for us, puke ours out.