Senator and noted major asshole Jim DeMint is still raising money to try to overturn Murky’s win in Alaska, all the while making overtures to her just in case it doesn’t pan out for his ego. She isn’t buying it. I think that even though she has stated she will return to being a Republican once reseated, she is a prime candidate for a swing vote for the Dems if they can ever break the mindless lockstep of the right. I fear the republic is on a downward spiral, however. Our congressional members have become very adept at politics, while losing the ability to govern.
Why would DeMint do this? It’s a near zero percent chance of a win.
Ability? They’ve lost the desire to even attempt. And the problem is that a good chunk of their constituents see the lack of governance as a positive, not a negative.
He recently managed to bitchslap Droopy Mitch into line - maybe he wants to see if he can get a second senator under his thumb.
-Joe
All I can figure is that it arises from a black-and-white, with-us-or-against-us mentality. They were trying to beat Murkowski before, therefore she’s the enemy, therefore she’s absolute evil, therefore she must be defeated at all costs.
If he can get it into the court system, he can win it. Get it to the Supreme Court and Miller would be a lock.
Did you see the Federal judges injunction/stay as a warning to Alaska?
They better take Miller’s legal challenge seriously or else?
I can see the Feds itching to jump into this unless Alaska treads carefully.
If this gets into Fed court it could get ugly. Is a write in vote even constitutional? I rather not see this challenge played out.
I hope that DeMint loses something that he really, really wants for lack of one GOP vote.
Of course a write-in vote is Constitutional. How could it not be?
That was just an example.
If this gets in Fed Court there’s no telling what sort of desperate argument Miller and Demint’s side will try.
I’m baffled why he hasn’t shook Lisa’s hand and lived to fight another day. Sore losers don’t get far in politics.
The whole Teabagger movement is built around nothing but sore losers. He’s King Teabagger - he’s supposed to not be a sore loser?
-Joe
I don’t care if it gets locked up in the courts forever. It’s one less vote for the Pubs in the Senate.
Because there won’t be another day for someone like him no matter what he does now.
I agree. This is his big chance, probably his only chance, and people are, for whatever reason, willing to throw money at him to pursue it. I’d likely do the same, even though in my heart I knew it was over.
It will do neither him nor Palin any good in Alaska politics if his court challenges wind up costing Murkowski her seniority, however.
There is not yet any breaking news that he has filed for a recount today, which was the judge’s requirement to maintain the injunction. What time is it in Alaska?
Let the circus begin! Miller has complied with the federal judge’s order and filed suit with the state, thus triggering the second half of the mess requiring the state to withhold certification of the election. His assertions are just bizarre, and it’s apparent that this is just a loser poking the eye of the electorate.
Miller claims you can not interpret the name. It has to be exactly Lisa Murkowski. If they put a y at the end it should be thrown out. One signature had a cursive L and the rest was block letters. His team felt that should be thrown out too. He wants the job very badly.
Correction: he wants the instant retirement check and the lifetime healthcare for serving one term very badly.
I usually write the opposite - block capital letter and cursive to finish the name.
Oh no, I won’t get to vote in Alaska!
-Joe
Isn’t he still about 2,000 votes short even if they throw out every single vote he challenged?
Supposedly yes, but now he’s claiming that there was something wrong with the machine counting of ALL the ballots, not just the ones that had a write in for Murkowski on them.
Miller is now under investigation for possibly deleting up to 15,000 emails when he suddenly resigned his position with the North Star Borough. This is a felony offense, if true.