Breaking: Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski wins re-election to Senate as write-in candidate

The Wall Street Journal ^ | 11/17/10 | Unattributed

[TonyInOhio]

Breaking: Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski wins re-election to Senate as write-in candidate

[Comparative Advantage]

Did a lot of Democrat voters cross over and vote for Murkowski in the general elections? Or, was it many GOP voters and independents?

[presently no screen name]

Were the military votes counted yet? I don’t think so.

[COBOL2Java]

So I assume Mitch will welcome the princess back with open arms and give her all of her leadership positions again?

[KC Burke]

Lindsey Graham has now got a BFF.

[ari-freedom]

Democrats probably ditched their guy and voted for Lisa. I guess Miller was no Rubio.

[Joe Boucher]

I believe that is the second time a write in has won,
Strom Rhurmondwon as an indie years ago,

[carton253]

The people were the ones who wrote in her name.

[TonyInOhio]

It appears that the WSJ Breaking headline is based on an official call of the race by the Associated Press.

[Eye of Unk]

Military votes don’t mean anything apparently.

Congratulations to the latest and most infamous new RINO Senator from Alaska.

Wear your crown haughtily.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Save your money Joe, and send the lawyers home.

Agreed. Don’t sully yourself by turning into the next Al Gore with a quixotic search for voter intent.

The voters of Alaska have spoken. They favor earmarks, pork and Bridges to Nowhere. The joke will be on them.

[Faith]

I thought they said the military votes would be counted on the 17th (today).

[Joe Boucher]

That would be Strom Thurmond.

Dyslexic here ya know.

[Verginius Rufus]

The powers that be were determined not to let the voters steal the election.

[aruanan]

The people were the ones who wrote in her name.

The few who wrote it again and again, hundreds of times.

[carton253]

It doesn’t matter if they did or didn’t. She couldn’t have won without a plurality of voters. Which she got.

[tired_old_conservative]

I don't see why people consider this such a big deal. What Murkowski did is no different than what Lieberman did when he was ousted in the Connecticut Democratic primary. If the rules allow it, it's legitimate to run as an independent or a write-in candidate or whatever.

Life goes on.

[eleni121]

Murkowski is the perfect hog farmer...

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Yes. They chose the bacon over reform. In the “finest” tradition of Ted Stevens and Murkowski pater...

[TheThinker]

She “won” nothing....she is a thief...thieves don't win, they steal.

The whole thing smells. The Dems couldn't pass up a chance to repudiate the Tea Party Movement when there's such an opportunity for electoral abuse.

[TheThinker]

Hire some handwriting experts to check for multiple ballots written by the same people. Bet there’s lots of matches.

[Carry_Okie]

If McConnell allows her to caucus with the GOP, I'll leave the Party.