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Title: Miller on verge of toppling Murkowski
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URL Source: http://www.adn.com/2010/08/24/14234 ... -holds-slim-lead-in-early.html
Published: Aug 25, 2010
Author: SEAN COCKERHAM and KYLE HOPKINS
Post Date: 2010-08-25 17:48:59 by Mad Dog
Keywords: queen crypto-demonRAT, bitch slapped, DOWN
Views: 129871
Comments: 202
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski is battling for her political life this morning against Republican primary challenger Joe Miller, the tea party-backed candidate who has a slim lead as ballots continue to be counted. Miller, a Fairbanks attorney, led from when the first returns came in Tuesday night and was on the verge of pulling off one of the biggest election upsets ever in Alaska. With 429 of 438 precincts counted this morning,, Miller had 45,909 votes (51 percent) to 43,949 (49 percent) for Murkowski. Miller credited the support of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for his lead. "I'm absolutely certain that was pivotal," he said. Murkowski on Tuesday night took a shot at Palin, saying that when Palin resigned as governor last summer she said she would use her new national role to help out Alaska. "I think she's out for her own self-interest. I don't think she's out for Alaska's interest," Murkowski said as she waited at her campaign headquarters for results to come in. Miller made a triumphant entrance to election central at the Egan Center in downtown Anchorage on Tuesday night, surrounded by loudly cheering supporters with red-white-and- blue balloons. "We did it!" one shouted. Murkowski didn't come to election central, the traditional celebratory venue for Alaska candidates. She stayed in her campaign headquarters in Midtown Anchorage to watch the returns come in. Her campaign spokesman, Steve Wackowski, was holding out hope that she would benefit from support in rural and coastal areas of the state that hadn't yet reported. "We knew the race was going to be tight. The rural areas have yet to come in and we know Sen. Murkowski is going to be very strong in the rural areas." Most of the remaining precincts are in rural areas, where paper ballots are counted by hand. The final results of the race won't be known for over a week. The Alaska Division of Elections said over 16,000 absentee ballots were requested and as of Monday night 7,600 had been returned. The first count of absentees will be next Tuesday and there will be two subsequent counts as the absentee votes trickle in on Sept. 3 and on Sept. 8. The winner of the Murkowski-Miller race will face Democrat Scott McAdams in the November general election. McAdams, the mayor of Sitka, had a big lead in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Tuesday night against Frank Vondersaar and Jacob Seth Kern. Palin and the Tea Party Express made a big push to convince Alaskans to dump Murkowski for Miller. Polls had shown Murkowski with a big lead just three weeks ago. But Miller supporters had thought it was narrowing and were expressing confidence earlier in the day Tuesday that they would be pulling off an upset. ADVERTISEMENT This was the first test of Palin's influence on Alaska politics since she resigned as governor last summer, and the first sign of how influential the Tea Party movement can be in shaping political races in this state. The race was being closely watched nationally as a sign of Palin and the Tea Party's strength, but also because Murkowski is one of the leading Republicans in the Senate. There was a lot more going on in this race than the Tea Party and Palin, though. Anti-Palin Alaska Republicans were arguing that voters should hold their nose and vote for Miller in spite of the endorsement of the former governor. Elements of Alaska's right wing have always disliked Murkowski. Murkowski's pro-choice stance is a particularly sore point, one that Miller supporters hammered her on. Tuesday's primary election also included Ballot Measure 2, which would require parents to be notified before their teens age 17 and younger received an abortion. Miller said he thinks that brought out voters who supported him over Murkowski, even though she supported the ballot measure as well. "The Prop. 2 supporters were our supporters, largely. ... Frankly I think the pro-life vote was important," Miller said on Tuesday night. Murkowski was a moderate state legislator when she was appointed by her father, Frank Murkowski, in 2002 to the U.S. Senate seat he was giving up to become governor. The theme of a royal dynasty was also a part of the Miller campaign against her. Murkowski told voters that her seniority and position in the Senate is good for Alaska. She's a member of the powerful Appropriations Committee and the most senior Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Murkowski described Ted Stevens as her Senate mentor. She was much a part of the huge outpouring of reverence for Stevens in Alaska after he died in a plane crash earlier this month. Stevens made radio and television ads for Murkowski just about a week before his death. The Murkowski campaign had also planned print advertising featuring Stevens' support. But the planned ad campaign with Stevens never ran. The Murkowski campaign dropped it after Stevens's death. "It was the respectful thing to do," Murkowski said. Alaskans adored Stevens for his talent in delivering Congressional dollars to Alaska. Federal dollars play a huge role in driving the economy, especially in rural areas that have few jobs. Miller was running on a platform that's never before been a winning strategy for an Alaskan running for Congress. He promised to help choke federal spending rather than deliver the dollars back home. Miller said his message resonated with Alaska voters. "I think that they see the entitlement state, the federal government, growing too large. They understand because they have to balance their checkbooks," Miller said. The California-based Tea Party Express reported spending $600,000 on behalf of Miller with ads that labeled Murkowski a liberal who is prone to voting with the Democrats. Voters were getting robocalls until the last minute from Palin, former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, and former Alaska Lt. Gov. Loren Leman, saying the country is in crisis and Miller is the man to straighten it out. Those calls were financed by Miller, who raised $180,000 for his campaign. Miller leaned heavily on his resume: a West Point and Yale law school graduate who won a Bronze star in the first Gulf War and was a magistrate. He's currently an attorney in Fairbanks and had almost no statewide name recognition until Palin, whose husband is a friend of Miller's, got on board his candidacy and attracted the attention of the national Tea Party Express. Murkowski criticized Miller's campaign tactics, including the use of robo-calls. "It doesn't feel like it was a campaign that was run by Alaskans," Murkowski said on Tuesday night. Murkowski also spent heavily, sinking well over $1.4 million into the race. She ran ads touting her conservative bona fides and bashing the Obama administration. Murkowski called Miller a liar, saying his insistence that she didn't want to repeal the federal health care reform act ignored the fact she's participated in Congressional efforts to do so. Long before the first ballot results appeared Tuesday, Miller stood at the corner of Northern Lights Boulevard and the Seward Highway, waving one of his campaign signs as a cacophony of horns blared around him. The campaign and his message, he said, had been gaining sudden momentum lately. "I think it's going to surprise a lot of folks." The Tea Party Express less than a month ago commissioned a poll by Dittman Research of Anchorage that found Murkowski with 61 percent of the vote, compared to 24 percent for Miller. The Tea Party group put out a new poll less than a week ago suggesting the race had tightened, but that Murkowski still led by 11 percentage points. Dittman said Tuesday night that he was surprised that Miller was leading. He said he thought it would be close but that Murkowski had the edge. Dittman said he thought the final advertising blitz by the Tea Party Express made the difference. He said the California based Tea Party group, which has had success in Lower 48 Republican primary races, made a huge difference in the Alaska race. "Without the Tea Party we wouldn't even be talking about him," Dittman said.
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#130. To: Jethro Tull (#126)
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I'll say whatever I want and from wherever. You do nothing but lob your bombs of moral superiority when you're here, Jerk. Meanwhile, it's common knowledge that not only are you not morally superior but you can't take THE TRUTH o' TULL, which appears to be adultery manifesting into violent misogyney, when it rears up and uses your own teeth to bite you in the ass.
And you sound potted as per usual.
Am I a liberal or a conservative? - Fredo Mertz #19. Destro (#18) Wassup dude? Let's get this place rocking. - Fredo Mertz
That's my boy, back to the vapid posting style, sans the personal innuendo. This is good. You're slow on the uptake, but you seem to know when you're on a two lane highway. Spell check is your friend, or are you still pissed :)
Am I a liberal or a conservative? - Fredo Mertz #19. Destro (#18) Wassup dude? Let's get this place rocking. - Fredo Mertz
It's not my spelling which is fine. It's your subsequent editing. But when spelling is the issue, you've lost. But you know that.
Are you saying you spelled those words correctly & I edited them? This is getting hilarious.
Am I a liberal or a conservative? - Fredo Mertz #19. Destro (#18) Wassup dude? Let's get this place rocking. - Fredo Mertz
If you were a real cop you would know what 'potted' really looks like. Go back to your momma where you belong. She'll nurse your wounds and give you words of sympathy.
"Look you leftist pervert, make sure you keep your Mr Winky away from your family's new addition or I will send some fellow salad tossers to square away your sorry butt. Got it??" Jethro Tull explaining what goes on in the Palin family household.
I was real, baby doll, and you are a potted plant. Just accept it.
Am I a liberal or a conservative? - Fredo Mertz #19. Destro (#18) Wassup dude? Let's get this place rocking. - Fredo Mertz
Nope. I'm saying that you jumped the gun. Wait an hour next time. When I see misspellings after I post I use the edit feature. I was editing as you were posting. Again, it's your insane obsession that extends BEYOND you simply believing that you're better and smarter than everyone else. You have to try to PROVE the impossible that you are with your smug, pedantic style of responding. Quite simply, you're an asshole. You can wrap your psyche in the warmest blanket of condescension that you can knit for yourself, Tull. At the end of every post, at the end of every day, it shall always be written as thus...
That is quite unique. Thanks for the info petey.
Pipe down, and stop posting from work :P
#131. To: mininggold (#129)
You protest too much, like a whiny little baby.
#132. To: war (#130)
You do nothing but lob your bombs of moral superiority when you're here, Jerk. Meanwhile, it's common knowledge that not only are you not morally superior but you can't take THE TRUTH o' TULL, which appears to be adultry (sp) manefesting (sp) into violent misogeny,(sp) when it rears up and uses your own teeth to bite you in the ass.
#133. To: Jerk Hunt (#132)
Spell check is your friend, or are you still pissed :)
#134. To: war (#133)
It's not my spelling which is fine. It's your subsequent editing.
#135. To: Jethro Tull (#131)
And you sound potted as per usual.
#136. To: mininggold (#135)
If you were a real cop you would know what 'potted' really looks like
#137. To: Jethro Tull (#134)
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#138. To: sneakypete (#90)
Not many people could get away with refusing awards. He could.
"Lets [sic] rent a room." ~ Tull to Rotara
#139. To: war (#137)
I'm saying that you jumped the gun. Wait an hour next time. When I see misspellings after I post I use the edit feature. I was editing as you were posting. Got it. So you always post the comment *before* you proof read and edit. That makes complete sense...he...hehehehe...LOLOLOLOL
Nope.
Am I a liberal or a conservative? - Fredo Mertz
#19. Destro (#18) Wassup dude? Let's get this place rocking. - Fredo Mertz
#140. To: mininggold (#108)
That is too funny! LOLOL
Why don't you go find someone to ban on your girlfriend's forum.
"Lets [sic] rent a room." ~ Tull to Rotara
#141. To: Jethro Tull (#139)
This is a prime example, asshole. This is WHY there is an edit feature.
So you always post the comment *before* you proof read and edit.
#142. To: sneakypete (#98)
I agree with you petey. I don't expect it to happen, especially since you used the word 'Man'.
You owe him an apology for that one. Man up and do it.
"Lets [sic] rent a room." ~ Tull to Rotara
#143. To: war (#137)
True. He brags about people he's banned - without warning, timeout, nothing. Banned for life. What an asshole he is. I don't know how Christine lets him get away with that shit.
Quite simply, you're an asshole.
"Lets [sic] rent a room." ~ Tull to Rotara
#144. To: war (#121)
A foul mouth pig like you, warning me? Given enough rope, you will hang your own self...
"Now that you've been warned, proceed with caution."
#145. To: war (#141)
I showed you what to edit. You're welcome.
This is WHY there is an edit feature.
Am I a liberal or a conservative? - Fredo Mertz
#19. Destro (#18) Wassup dude? Let's get this place rocking. - Fredo Mertz
#146. To: Fred Mertz (#143)
Thanks Brian S. I'm not sure but I think I may be banned at 4um. It shows I'm logged in but I am authorized (0) posts per day. Maybe I'm on a timeout. Learning of your banning yesterday must have ticked me off; I was out of character with my profanity last night. Fred Mertz posted on 2009-11-17 13:26:03 ET Reply Trace Private Reply Fred, you admit to being an everyday drinker. Couple that with your gambling problem and double digit IQ, and unprovoked outbursts as you explain above happen. If you, or anyone else wants to be reinstated, just ask. I'll put you back. But take this to the bank; you can be one nasty drunk.
#80. To: Brian S (#75)
Am I a liberal or a conservative? - Fredo Mertz
#19. Destro (#18) Wassup dude? Let's get this place rocking. - Fredo Mertz
#147. To: Jethro Tull (#146)
Fuck you, asshole.
If you, or anyone else wants to be reinstated, just ask.
"Lets [sic] rent a room." ~ Tull to Rotara
#148. To: Fred Mertz (#147)
Well said, Fred.
Fuck you, asshole.
Am I a liberal or a conservative? - Fredo Mertz
#19. Destro (#18) Wassup dude? Let's get this place rocking. - Fredo Mertz
#149. To: mininggold (#70)
I have no idea what you are asserting.
Why I have had posters here tell me she actually worked for the Feds just by being a state governor. And that would be qualification for her pres candidacy.
American public policy has been dominated by Democrats who don't care and Republicans that don't dare -- Dick Armey
#150. To: sneakypete (#85) (Edited)
"I admire John McCain,and I support him 100%". McCain propelled her into the national spotlight. Stabbing him in the back would have been a career limiting move. You don't stab people in the back in business either. In fact, the only place in life where you can get away with stabbing people in the back without consequence is on anonymous internet bullet boards, like this one. You can absolutely operate on principal without burning bridges. In fact, true leaders do just that.
American public policy has been dominated by Democrats who don't care and Republicans that don't dare -- Dick Armey
#151. To: Jethro Tull (#145)
I already addressed this in 137. Thanks but I've since had dinner and have moved on. Your turn.
I showed you what to edit.
#152. To: Murron (#144)
You were warned, Mamie. He's accusing me of wanting to molest my grand daughter. Bozo me now or expect to be in tears later.
#153. To: Fred Mertz (#143)
He runs on Viagra not batteries...
I don't know how Christine lets him get away with that shit.
#154. To: jwpegler (#150)
She owed him nothing,since all he ever did was stab HER in the back after she became his running mate. Or did you miss stuff like him saying on Letterman that she wasn't qualified to be a candidate in 2012?
McCain propelled her into the national spotlight. Stabbing him in the back would have been a career limiting move.
"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
#155. To: sneakypete (#154) (Edited)
She owed him everything for taking her out of the Alaskan backwater and making her a national figure.
She owed him nothing
American public policy has been dominated by Democrats who don't care and Republicans that don't dare -- Dick Armey
#156. To: war (#94)
Because I told you to stop the trash talk and you told me to go to hell basically.
You banned me recently why again?
#157. To: war, Murron (#152)
Hey dweeb, stop trying to make women cry and start acting like a man. It's probably too late, but it's worth a shot. Oh, and I seriously doubt you have any shot at getting Murron to stop speaking her piece. Freaking bully wannabe....
Bozo me now or expect to be in tears later.
#158. To: Jethro Tull (#157)
Sher's not a forum moderator and you're going to have to fight Boofer for her.
#159. To: A K A Stone (#156)
What I told you was to moderate the board the way you moderate me. But you know that.
#160. To: war (#158)
Boofer packs heat. Plus he's a combat pistol expert.
"Lets [sic] rent a room." ~ Tull to Rotara
#161. To: Fred Mertz (#160) (Edited)
LEGENDARY...
Plus he's a combat pistol expert.
#162. To: Fred Mertz (#160)
He can shoot a frog at 20 paces.
"Were you ever in the music or song writing business?" ... e_type_jagoff to Mudboy lol ..... AND ....... "But his decent into vile absurdity is still actually kind of sad and pitiful really" .... mad doggie
#163. To: Jethro Tull (#55)
Still some outstanding absentee votes to be counted. Even if Miller somehow loses by a hair, its still a win for Palin. Murkowski should never have attacked Palin in the first place.
Obama's first all-by-his-lonesome budget, btw, calls for a $1.17 trillion deficit.
#164. To: A K A Stone (#156)
You banned me recently why again? Because I told you to stop the trash talk and you told me to go to hell basically. (laughing) You might as well ask the sun to stop rising each morning...as you are learning.
Obama's first all-by-his-lonesome budget, btw, calls for a $1.17 trillion deficit.
#165. To: Fred Mertz (#160)
True. So?
Obama's first all-by-his-lonesome budget, btw, calls for a $1.17 trillion deficit.
#166. To: Abu el Banat (#162)
ABBA! (laughing) You add nothing to the site.
Obama's first all-by-his-lonesome budget, btw, calls for a $1.17 trillion deficit.
#167. To: Badeye (#165)
I don't think it is very sporting to shoot defenseless, stationary frogs to death.
"Lets [sic] rent a room." ~ Tull to Rotara
#168. To: Fred Mertz (#167)
I don't think its very 'sporting' to abuse horses to provide compulsive gamblers a way to pass the time.
Obama's first all-by-his-lonesome budget, btw, calls for a $1.17 trillion deficit.
#169. To: Badeye (#168)
They are bred to run; they love it. BTW, I'll be heading to the track tomorrow. Wish me luck. Our colt was scheduled to run until he came down with a minor lung infection that's going around the barn. We'll point him for the last day of the meet - Labor Day.
"Lets [sic] rent a room." ~ Tull to Rotara
#170. To: war (#152)
eeewwww, I'm so shaking in my shoes, pee wee herman is going to make me cry? ROTFLMAO...you go girlfriend, crying, sniveling, moaning and bitching is your forte, not mine. The only tears in my eyes are from watching you hang yourself and laughing! RebelGalYou were warned, Mamie. He's accusing me of wanting to molest my grand daughter. Bozo me now or expect to be in tears later.
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