Dems see new hope in Alaska if tea party's Joe Miller wins

[babylonsister]

Heads we win, tails they lose? Thank you, Sarah?!


Dems see new hope in Alaska if tea party's Joe Miller wins

By Erika Bolstad | McClatchy Newspapers


WASHINGTON — Wasting no time with a potential Republican upset in what had been a previously ungettable U.S. Senate seat, national Democrats on Wednesday made their move in Alaska.

Democrats don't yet know officially whether their new candidate, Scott McAdams of Sitka, will face lawyer Joe Miller of Fairbanks. Miller, backed by the Tea Party Express, continues to hold a lead in the Republican primary over incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski as absentee ballots are counted. Murkowski, in office since 2002, has not conceded, but trails by 1,668 votes, with all the precincts counted.

Already, though, the national party is working to define Miller -- the likely Republican nominee -- as an extreme candidate with views not held by mainstream Alaskans. By mid-afternoon the day after the election, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee had labeled Miller in an e-mail blast as a "dangerous enemy to middle-class Alaskans."

The DSCC tore into the positions Miller has espoused in interviews, including his criticism of federal unemployment insurance and his call to phase out Medicare.

"Joe Miller seems more intent on imposing a strict social doctrine to please his out-of-state tea party backers but would leave the people of his state high and dry," the DSCC wrote. "Alaskans deserve a senator who will stick up for them in the United States Senate."

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http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/08/26/99687/dems-see-new-hope-in-alaska-if.html

[Doctor_J]

1. I'm sorry. This is starry-eyed

The Repuke will win the GE whether it's Miller or Murkowski. This is the state that thinks Sarah Palin is a leader. Be careful what you wish for.

[babylonsister]

2. That's right, we're all DOOMED! Explain Begich. nt

[Doctor_J]

3. I'll explain Begich

Stevens

[Winterblues]

5. You mean Uncle Ted, the most beloved Alaskan Senator of all time?

That Stevens? Miller ran a very mean campaign where he distorted and actually LIES about Murkowski and her record and many Alaskans were very turned off by it. It was basically nothing but a smear campaign. Murkowski was expected by everyone to be a shoe-in. She had polling showing her with a twenty point advantage..Over 70% of Republicans did not even bother to vote because they felt they already knew the outcome..There were a lot of hurt feelings over this campaign and I think many will either stay home if they can't bring themselves to vote for a Democrat or actually vote for the Democrat. Miller is very extreme even for alaska..I would not place any money on him winning if I were you..

[babylonsister]

6. Thanks for your perspective coming from Alaska; we don't

hear a lot of what's been going on down here.

[Scurrilous]

4. K & R

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