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Lisa the Loser vs. Joe Miller, RINO Killer UPDATE: Now 23,000 Ballots Still Out, Count Won’t End Until . . . Sept. 8? UPDATE: Palin Predicts Miller Win

Posted on | August 28, 2010 | 25 Comments

When last we left the sordid Senate saga in Alaska, the NRSC had flown its top lawyer to Anchorage to help Sen. Lisa Murkowski try to steal the election from Joe Miller. According to the No. 2 official in the Alaska LP, it’s highly unlikely Lisa the Loser could get the Libertarian nomination.

If she can’t gin up enough phony absentee ballots to overturn Miller’s 1,668-vote margin of victory in Tuesday’s GOP primary, she’s on her way to being an ex-Senator, and so now Lisa the Loser is on the attack:

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) pushed back against her Republican opponent Joe Miller on Friday, calling him “paranoid” for suggesting that she is conspiring with her legal team to steal victory in Tuesday’s primary.
Miller holds a narrow lead over the incumbent Murkowski, who has vowed not to concede until all 20,000 absentee ballots have been counted . . .
“To suggest that the NRSC has sent an attorney to Alaska to skew results is paranoid,” Murkowski said.

OK, to start with, it was originally estimated that there were 8,000 absentee ballots to be counted. Now suddenly we are told it’s 20,000? But never mind that. If Murkowski is so doggone confident of victory, why did she demand that the NRSC send its general counsel to Alaska? She’s sitting on more than $1 million in leftover campaign cash. Can’t she pay for her own lawyers?

Now let’s address Murkowski’s accusation that Miller is “paranoid.” This afternoon, I spoke by phone to a Miller campaign volunteer who lives near Fairbanks and who described the harassment he’s received from Murkowski supporters.

“I’m getting tons of crank calls — you wouldn’t believe it,” said the volunteer, who explained that some anti-Miller activists had targeted him due to his online work for the campaign. Murkowski supporters in his community, however, had learned of his pro-Miller stance directly.

“I’ve lost a lot of [Republican] friends who turned out to be closet liberals . . . RINOs,” he said, describing one friend’s reaction as “Oh my God, you’re a f***ing bagger” — i.e., a “teabagger,” the Left’s preferred epithet for Tea Party activists.

As to the Team Joe strategy for the absentee ballot count, the volunteer said, “I leave that to the legal eagles,” noting that Miller is a lawyer (J.D., Yale Law) and that campaign manager Robert Campbell is also a lawyer.

We are grateful to King Shamus for this photo:

JOE MILLER for U.S. SENATE

UPDATE: I don’t understand this heavy-duty analysis at Swing State Project, but it suggests that the absentee and provisional ballots are likely to favor Miller.

UPDATE II: The Associated Press says it’s 23,000 ballots:

Republican challenger Joe Miller holds a narrow lead over incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski in Alaska’s GOP Senate race, which remains too close to call with more 23,000 absentee, questioned and early ballots not yet counted.
State elections workers will begin to count absentee ballots Tuesday. Division of Elections officials estimated 16,000 absentee ballots were sent out before the election. Ballots mailed from within the United States must arrive by Sept. 3 to be valid. Ballots mailed internationally must arrive before Sept. 8.
The ballots to be counted include almost 9,000 questioned ballots flagged by Division of Elections officials because the voter’s intent might not be clear. Another 663 votes were cast during the “early voting” process on Election Day and await counting.

OK, so the count won’t be officially finished until at least a week from Wednesday, with lots of opportunity for shenanigans. I gotta be there.

UPDATE III: From Robert Costa at National Review:

Category: Alaska, Election, Joe Miller, Republicans, Sarah Palin, Senate

Comments

25 Responses to “Lisa the Loser vs. Joe Miller, RINO Killer UPDATE: Now 23,000 Ballots Still Out, Count Won’t End Until . . . Sept. 8? UPDATE: Palin Predicts Miller Win”

  1. Rob
    August 29th, 2010 @ 12:07 am

    ROFL.
    Can I hazzz presidencyzzzz?

  2. Rob
    August 28th, 2010 @ 8:07 pm

    ROFL.
    Can I hazzz presidencyzzzz?

  3. Dan
    August 29th, 2010 @ 12:39 am

    I hope this does not go on too long. Miller needs to focus on general election so all this hard work ends in the US Senate! Yes, I am paranoid when the left is involved. I have seen their shenanigans up close for too long.

  4. Dan
    August 28th, 2010 @ 8:39 pm

    I hope this does not go on too long. Miller needs to focus on general election so all this hard work ends in the US Senate! Yes, I am paranoid when the left is involved. I have seen their shenanigans up close for too long.

  5. Bill in Baltimore
    August 29th, 2010 @ 2:24 am

    If the Feds would allow Alaska to utilize its vast resources, there would be awesome results.

    the RINO’s are those whose gravy is Federal dollars, like to the tune of 6 out of every 10 dollars is federal, along those lines. So the Murkowski supporters just want the gravy.

    Miller supporters want Alaska to be unleashed. They deserve it, and so does the US.

  6. Bill in Baltimore
    August 28th, 2010 @ 10:24 pm

    If the Feds would allow Alaska to utilize its vast resources, there would be awesome results.

    the RINO’s are those whose gravy is Federal dollars, like to the tune of 6 out of every 10 dollars is federal, along those lines. So the Murkowski supporters just want the gravy.

    Miller supporters want Alaska to be unleashed. They deserve it, and so does the US.

  7. KingShamus
    August 29th, 2010 @ 2:41 am

    Thanks, RS. I’m glad you liked my silliness.

    MS-Paint has been very very good to me.

  8. KingShamus
    August 28th, 2010 @ 10:41 pm

    Thanks, RS. I’m glad you liked my silliness.

    MS-Paint has been very very good to me.

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  10. Larry Sheldon
    August 29th, 2010 @ 6:09 am

    I tell the kids “If you can put the game out of the reach of a bad umps call…..”

    Are Al Franken’s people coming in?

    I think Beck is right. Progressives are progressives. It doesn’t matter which party.

  11. Larry Sheldon
    August 29th, 2010 @ 2:09 am

    I tell the kids “If you can put the game out of the reach of a bad umps call…..”

    Are Al Franken’s people coming in?

    I think Beck is right. Progressives are progressives. It doesn’t matter which party.

  12. Estragon
    August 29th, 2010 @ 6:17 am

    “…the NRSC had flown its top lawyer to Anchorage to help Sen. Lisa Murkowski try to steal the election from Joe Miller.”

    Is there any EVIDENCE of this, or is it just more conspiracy crap?

    “…23,000 absentee, questioned and early ballots not yet counted.”

    This AP quote lumps together the absentees, early votes, provisional, and challenged ballots. This doesn’t mean any ballots have “turned up” mysteriously – it’s comparing apples and oranges. As far as we KNOW, the absentees only account for the same number originally projected, about 7500.

    If you have any actual EVIDENCE of any nefarious goings-on, present it. Otherwise you are just making all your Hayworth-supporting readers don their tin foil hats and check the supply levels in their underground shelters.

  13. Estragon
    August 29th, 2010 @ 2:17 am

    “…the NRSC had flown its top lawyer to Anchorage to help Sen. Lisa Murkowski try to steal the election from Joe Miller.”

    Is there any EVIDENCE of this, or is it just more conspiracy crap?

    “…23,000 absentee, questioned and early ballots not yet counted.”

    This AP quote lumps together the absentees, early votes, provisional, and challenged ballots. This doesn’t mean any ballots have “turned up” mysteriously – it’s comparing apples and oranges. As far as we KNOW, the absentees only account for the same number originally projected, about 7500.

    If you have any actual EVIDENCE of any nefarious goings-on, present it. Otherwise you are just making all your Hayworth-supporting readers don their tin foil hats and check the supply levels in their underground shelters.

  14. waylay
    August 29th, 2010 @ 8:30 am

    Hey RSM are you really a simpleton or are you intentionally acting like one? Maybe you are simply keeping your audience base in mind while making statements and arguments on your blog.

    “If Murkowski is so doggone confident of victory,…”

    The only people who are doggone confident about the final result is Miller and people like you who think the only way to yet lose — hey, victory by 1668 vote margin! — is if Murkowski and her lawyers successfully steal the election.

    That’s a cross between extreme confidence and moderate paranoia>. Its as if a concept was born when Karl Rove’s dick stumbled on Glenn Beck’s brain.

  15. waylay
    August 29th, 2010 @ 4:30 am

    Hey RSM are you really a simpleton or are you intentionally acting like one? Maybe you are simply keeping your audience base in mind while making statements and arguments on your blog.

    “If Murkowski is so doggone confident of victory,…”

    The only people who are doggone confident about the final result is Miller and people like you who think the only way to yet lose — hey, victory by 1668 vote margin! — is if Murkowski and her lawyers successfully steal the election.

    That’s a cross between extreme confidence and moderate paranoia>. Its as if a concept was born when Karl Rove’s dick stumbled on Glenn Beck’s brain.

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  17. Charles Johnson
    August 29th, 2010 @ 4:06 pm

    Its as if a concept was born when Karl Rove’s dick stumbled on Glenn Beck’s brain.

    Now that is funny. I am going to steal that.

  18. Charles Johnson
    August 29th, 2010 @ 12:06 pm

    Its as if a concept was born when Karl Rove’s dick stumbled on Glenn Beck’s brain.

    Now that is funny. I am going to steal that.

  19. Kojocaro
    August 29th, 2010 @ 4:45 pm

    estragon go play in traffic hey maybe mccain and murkowski can team up to give te right an good ole thumb in the eye. BTW wayland why are you obsessed with rove’s pussy?

  20. Kojocaro
    August 29th, 2010 @ 12:45 pm

    estragon go play in traffic hey maybe mccain and murkowski can team up to give te right an good ole thumb in the eye. BTW wayland why are you obsessed with rove’s pussy?

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  22. Mrethiopian
    August 30th, 2010 @ 2:10 am

    I like Lisa the looooooser, its fitting. Reminiscent of the label I have been using, Palin the quitter. Personally I wouldn’t want a looser or quitter on any team running this country, see what it got us with Bush the bankrupter .

    TTS- Just found this blog, keep up the great work.

  23. Mrethiopian
    August 29th, 2010 @ 10:10 pm

    I like Lisa the looooooser, its fitting. Reminiscent of the label I have been using, Palin the quitter. Personally I wouldn’t want a looser or quitter on any team running this country, see what it got us with Bush the bankrupter .

    TTS- Just found this blog, keep up the great work.

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