Alaska Senate: Now Murkowski is considering a write-in bid

[WI_DEM]

This morning the news reported she was looking at the Libertarian Party nod. Boy is she desperate to keep her seat!

Roll Call is reporting that Lisa Murkowski is considering a write-in campaign and could announce a decision as soon as tomorrow.

Running as a write-in candidate appears to be Murkowski’s last remaining option. The Senate Republican Conference Vice Chairwoman met with Libertarian Party nominee David Haase on Tuesday to discuss taking his spot on the ballot, but according to a party spokesman, even if Haase dropped out, the party’s executive board — which last week voted against allowing Murkowski on the ballot — does not appear amenable to changing its decision.

Should Murkowski pull the trigger on a write-in campaign, GOP sources say she would face opposition from the National Republican Senatorial Committee. The NRSC endorsed Joe Miller immediately after Murkowski conceded the primary, and the GOP committee intends to stick with the Fairbanks attorney and provide him with the full weight of its backing.

Given how Miller handled the whole post-primary, pre-Murkowski concession period, in which he repeatedly attacked Cornyn and the NRSC as "national types" interfering in his race, it'll be interesting to see just how deep into this Cornyn is going to be willing to go for Miller.

The last Senate candidate to win a write-in campaign was Strom Thurmond in 1954. A handful of House candidates have won write-in campaigns, but it would be a tough route to victory and a lot of really motivated Murkowski voters.

www.dailykos.com

[onehandle]

1. Go Lisa!

We're going to need all the Democratic Senators we can get.

[Beetwasher]

2. This Is Going To Be A Real Pick Up Opportunity! Miller Is A Terrific Candidate!

:woohoo:

[Renew Deal]

3. I think she has the name recognition to win

People will know who she is. Lieberman essentially pulled it off in a similar environment.

[WI_DEM]

4. Except Lieberman actually had his name on the ballot--she will not.

[Renew Deal]

5. Right

But I think people will vote for who they want to vote for. If they want to vote for her, they will. The questions is whether there are enough votes for her. How many dems does she pull? The republican in CT got 5% of the vote. I'm sure Miller will do better than that.

[Ken Burch]

7. And Lieberman had united Republican support--she will not.

n/t.

[Cha]

6. I'll just give a little plug for Scott McAdams here

if you don't mind..:hi:

<snip>

"Until August 24 Sitka's Scott McAdams was expected to be the Democrats' sacrificial candidate in the fall election for US Senate seat held by Lisa Murkowski the past eight years. Murkowski's approval rating among all Alaska voters made her the odds-on favorite against any Democratic challenger.

Under the circumstances, we are fortunate indeed that a candidate so well qualified as Scott McAdams stepped into the breech. Only a few weeks ago who could have known that he would be running against a candidate ensconced in the very fringe of far-right politics, and not, as expected, a widely respected and conventionally conservative Republican incumbent?

Alaska's Republican voters certainly have the right to cannibalize their own establishment, as they have done in turning Lisa Murkowski out of office. On an individual basis, those voters are also perfectly entitled to vote against their own self-interest insofar as it is affected by the federal subsidies Alaskans enjoy, but which are adamantly opposed by Mr. Miller.

But it's a fair question, at this point of the game, as to whether a majority of Alaska voters in a wide-open election are ready to buy into Mr. Miller's idea of the role of US Senator from Alaska. That idea may be summed up as the opposite of the one practiced by the late Sen. Ted Stevens."

http://scottmcadams.org/node/94

I know nothing about Scott McAdams but from reading his bio he seems light years better than the repubs.