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Lisa Murkowski goes rogue - article Dubs her "New Maverick" in the Senate
Politico.com ^ | December 23, 2010 | Meredith Shiner

Posted on 12/23/2010 5:46:08 AM PST by MeekOneGOP

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To: MeekOneGOP

Merry Christmas!


41 posted on 12/23/2010 6:25:14 AM PST by fabian (" And a new day will dawn for those who stand long, and the forests will echo in laughter")
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To: MeekOneGOP

“She’s a person who makes up her own mind, does what she thinks is right and always keeps the concerns of her state at the forefront,” moderate Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) told POLITICO of Murkowski, adding that the Alaskan was an important ally in helping to overturn DADT.”

Her “credibility” is further enhanced by this comment from the ultimate RINO, Susan Collins.

Can the people of Alaska somehow remove her from office?


42 posted on 12/23/2010 6:27:04 AM PST by Joann37
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To: MeekOneGOP

“She’s a person who makes up her own mind, does what she thinks is right and always keeps the concerns of her state at the forefront,” moderate Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) told POLITICO of Murkowski, adding that the Alaskan was an important ally in helping to overturn DADT.”

Her “credibility” is further enhanced by this comment from the ultimate RINO, Susan Collins.

Can the people of Alaska somehow remove her from office?


43 posted on 12/23/2010 6:27:04 AM PST by Joann37
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To: Westbrook

Exactly. She’s a DemonRAT so let her join go her own kind.


44 posted on 12/23/2010 6:31:18 AM PST by SC_Pete
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To: MeekOneGOP

We need a constitutional amendment providing for the recall of senators (I don’t think one is necessary for reps, since their term is only two years). This is far from the first instance of a senator betraying those who voted for him/her right after election, since they know they now have six years before they must face the voters again, and most of our nitwit voters will have forgotten early betrayals almost six years in the pazt.

Of course, the prospect for such an amendment garnering the necessary votes in the Senate to go to the states is exactly zero.


45 posted on 12/23/2010 6:33:50 AM PST by Spartan79 (Malo periculosam libertatem quam quietam servitutem.)
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To: MeekOneGOP

She might well be an Obamabot now, but not because she voted to continue the Bush tax cuts. I don’t think Zero won that one.


46 posted on 12/23/2010 6:34:31 AM PST by Sooth2222 ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
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To: MeekOneGOP

Time for Murkowski to make the switch to the DhimmiRat Party. Of course, that assumes she has the intellectual integrity and character to be honest with the voters of AK.


47 posted on 12/23/2010 6:34:59 AM PST by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. 01-20-2013: Change we can look forward to.)
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To: MeekOneGOP

An endorsement from Collins is much like an endorsement by algore...


48 posted on 12/23/2010 6:36:29 AM PST by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. 01-20-2013: Change we can look forward to.)
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To: MeekOneGOP
She's not a maverick, she's vindictive.

V.B. Murkowski - vindictive b!+ch.

49 posted on 12/23/2010 6:37:16 AM PST by Sgt_Schultze (A half-truth is a complete lie)
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To: PubliusMM
Murkowski has an army willing to fight for her. However they don't reside in Alaska, they can but are as far as opposite from the natives as can possibly be. In effect Lease A Murkowski is supported by outside the state interests, bought and paid for.
50 posted on 12/23/2010 6:39:34 AM PST by Eye of Unk (If your enemy is quick to anger, seek to irritate him. Sun Tzu, The Art of War.)
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To: originalbuckeye
The ONLY reason that Murkowski is back in the Senate is due to the support/votes the Dems gave her in November.

Yes, if you compare the 2004 and 2010 results, you see half of Dem voters going for the write-in versus about 30 percent for Pubs. Her total vote is about 58 percent Dem and 42 percent Pub.

51 posted on 12/23/2010 6:41:19 AM PST by drubyfive
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To: MeekOneGOP
Murkowski is already showing a fierce independent streak

Independent?

In dee Democrat party, you mean.

Switch Lisa Switch!

52 posted on 12/23/2010 6:43:21 AM PST by Lazamataz (If Illegal Aliens are Undocumented Workers, then Thieves are Undocumented Shoppers.)
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To: MeekOneGOP
I firmly believe the Republican Party bosses backed her over Joe Miller behind the scenes. Now she turns on them. Payback is a bitch isn't it, you maroons.
53 posted on 12/23/2010 6:44:07 AM PST by McGruff
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To: originalbuckeye

She should be kicked out of the GOP. She should not be given a choice.


54 posted on 12/23/2010 6:55:05 AM PST by MBB1984
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To: drubyfive

Sickening. McConnell and the rest of the spineless R Senators had better wake up or we won’t gain control of the Senate in 2012!


55 posted on 12/23/2010 6:56:31 AM PST by originalbuckeye
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To: MeekOneGOP
"Maverick" = "Most-Favored RINO"
56 posted on 12/23/2010 7:02:17 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (DEFCON I ALERT: The federal cancer has metastasized. All personnel report to their battle stations.)
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To: MeekOneGOP

Murkowski: FUGOP!


57 posted on 12/23/2010 7:05:23 AM PST by upchuck (When excerpting please use the entire 300 words we are allowed. No more one or two sentence posts!)
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To: winner3000
In the next election, it’s time to go after Susan Collins and Lindsey Graham.

Unfortunately we'll have to wait until 2014 to toss Linda from office.

58 posted on 12/23/2010 7:11:32 AM PST by upchuck (When excerpting please use the entire 300 words we are allowed. No more one or two sentence posts!)
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To: MeekOneGOP

I still think her win was pretty fishy. How does someone who can’t even get the nomination from her own party win as a write-in? I suspect massive voter fraud.


59 posted on 12/23/2010 7:12:46 AM PST by mbynack (Retired USAF SMSgt)
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To: Scanian

Shes’ not a rogue she’s a Democrat.


60 posted on 12/23/2010 7:13:50 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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