Just heard the news on Greta Van Susteren.

Go Joe!

Just heard the news on and this will drive the left wing even more nuts

Just heard the news on and this will drive the left wing even more nuts

Yeah now if McConnell would just stop acting like scared old man

You may, hard to see an Alaska Senate seat going to a fat, ugly, unknown Democrat from Sitka, but you’ve sure made it possible.

I actually think that making Lisa Murkowski a Senator was the very worst thing Frank Murkowski did other than perhaps appointing Sarah Palin to the AOGCC; boy those are two really good screwups for Frank’s epitaph. It ruined our administration and for the first two years dictated practically everything we did.

That said, this was an ugly, personal, insider campaign that most of you don’t have a clue about. Even without that, Miller’s crap about the election being stolen from him was BS that you, Erick, should never have bought uncritically and it says a lot that you took most of the Miller campaing BS down. Might say more if you admitted that you shouldn’t have taken it at face value.

I have pretty good Democrat sources and I know that their calculus is do they leave the Sitka guy in and let Miller win so they can torture Alaska or do they go for the brass ring. I don’t think they’ve answered the question, but it is a tragedy that it is a question to which they can control the answer. Some of them think the calculus is that they let Miller get the seat and become a poster boy for extremism – and he’ll need some charm school not to be – and they can just harp on him to make sure they can re-elect Begich and damage Parnell. They really want to be restored to their former glory; the glory they last had in 1968 when they had both senators and the governor. Yep, Sarah and the Tea Party have definitely given the Democrats some hope for change.

So Sarah Palin takes out her second Murkowski in as many attempts. Easy as shooting a moose.

Or will they treat him like a red headed step child?
Establishment Republicans may be offended and try to cut the wild bunch out. Hard for me to say, but we will have a great time no matter how it breaks.

Nah!

Great job, Tea Party Express.

Could Castle be the next Establishment Senate candidate to go down?

as another incumbent kicked out in this year’s anti-incumbent fever. Yeah, right.

**Good luck, Senator Miller**

Please?

I really want to know this. I don’t know how leaders are chosen so I don’t know what kind of likelihood there is for this.

Lame Duck RINO is the most dangerous animal in the political kingdom. They will do as much as they can to go out in a blaze of glory to finally burn all the bridges with that blaze. The 2+ lame duck RINOs will be more dangerous than the 70+ lame duck congress critters.

Be vigilante on all the lame duck RINOs votes.

Mostly because I haven’t asked for permission to make it a command*:

Everybody with a grievance, complaint, unkind word, or grudge about the AK GOP Senate primary? Shut up about it, bite it back, let it go, and move on. Yes, I know, someone is being wrong on the Internet, but we’re all functioning adults here and the primary is now over.

No pointing specific fingers, but it’s time for the next thing now.

Moe Lane

*Yet.

Jim DeMint, Majority Leader.

I like the sound of it, has a nice ring to it.

if he’s still around in 2012.

She’s burned her bridges in TX after the stupid way she ran her campaign and screwed up the down ballot races the last 2 gubernatorial elections signaling she was leaving the Senate only to back out and cause good candidates to waste good money getting ready to fill the resulting, (or not) vacancies.

She showed herself to be indecisive and clueless in debates with Perry and I can’t wait to see Williams send her into permanent retirement.

The “Big Tent” analogy isn’t the correct one…the correct one is a MAGNET…we need to be a MAGNET that draws these independents in who are sick and tired of what’s going on in Washington—Fred Thompson

take a moment and just imagine what might have been had Joe Miller, Ken Buck, Mike Lee, Sharon Angle, Marco Rubio and Rand Paul been in the U.S. Senate during the filibuster of President Bush’s judges.

There would have been no ‘Gang of 14′ sellout.

Some on RS will always argue the point, but the fact is that the decline of conservative trust in the GOP leadership began that day while McCain was still patting himself on the back for knifing us in the back.

I remember it clearly.

Even Rush Limbaugh said after the ‘Gang of 14′ that the only way conservatives would change actions like this was to get RINOs out of office.

Thus began the crusade.

I’m so grateful to have taken a part in it and to be witnessing it.

Now let’s go and fight the most vicious enemies America has – the Democrat Party and their socialist comrade Obama. We are taking America and our liberty back!

Judd, Bennett and Murkowski. McConnell has always been able to count on heavy lifting in the “reach-across-the-aisle” department from McCain and Hatch. Even though McCain won his primary in a walk his modus operandi is more of a contrarian towards the Oval Office than anything else and I really think he’d love an opportunity – or every opportunity – to stick it to TheWon™. And then there’s Orrin Hatch who, if he stays true to form, is likely to get the same treatment Bennett got. The conservatives in UT are already queuing up his replacement.

Bottom line, Mitch is going to have zero folks he can really count on to sell out the country.

The other factor is that the folks who are coming in to the Senate on the Republican side not only don’t “owe” Mitch, they are people he actively worked against. They’re also quite high profile and willing to roll up their sleeves and fight. If McConnell remains the Leader, he’s going to have an impossible time reaching across the aisle.

Two pressing questions: Any chance of DeMint replacing him as Leader; is there a face in KY who can beat him in his next primary?

on the pyre of conservative indignation before his eyes. Then have him booted a Minority Leader and replaced with a Republican Majority Leader.

http://www.thenextright.com/matt-moon/why-lisa-murkowski-lost

The bottom seems to be that she was campaigning for the general election all along, taking the primary for granted. The examples and comparisons in the article are interesting. In 20/20 hindsight, she’s probably kicking herself over her campaign moreso than anything she did in Washington.

Micheal Williams can really shine in 12 and that will be 2 years tardy thanks to KBH. That could mean a short hitch in DC because if he is as smart enough manager as well as legislator we could maybe use him in Austin. For Gov. Now back to Miller’s raindance on Lisa.

Fast 55 comments in one hour.

and Godspeed to him and a pox on McConnell.

Joe Miller ran campaign circles around Murkowski and she has only her royal self to blame. It seems this isn’t an election year where the experts and insiders have all the answers.

There’s a lesson in all this for those who read through the Murkowski-Miller threads here on Redstate.

Gee whiz, do you think there will be anything to talk about at the Redstate gathering in Austin?

I write in all caps intentionally.

Time to cool off. Stop hijacking my post for your feud. I sound like my dad, but don’t make me pull the car over.

How great would that be? Check out my Op Ed over at Human Events where I argued that DeMint will be a force in the next Congress with more conservatives in the DeMint Caucus.
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=38748
This is what I wrote on Monday for Human Events
“Roll this phrase around your brain: “Senate Majority Leader Jim DeMint.” Sounds great, doesn’t it?
Well, Jim DeMint may not ascend to that position in the next Congress, but he should be the most important player in the Senate in determining the direction of the Republican Party. The Jim DeMint Caucus will be a strong, powerful deterrent to those in the Republican Party who will want to work with the most liberal President of our lifetime to preserve earmarks, elements of Obamacare and billions in wasteful spending.
The first shots of a conservative revolution have been fired in the Senate races in Florida, Kentucky, Utah and Alaska.”
Good Post Erickson!!!

I’m really not understanding all the antipathy for McConnell, who looks to me to be the most conservative and most effective senate leader the GOP has had in many, many years. Granted he doesn’t do everything conservatives would like him to do, but he also can’t do much of anything unless he keeps the more moderate wing of his caucus happy.

Look back at the previous GOP senate leaders: Frist, Lott, Dole. Each had a decent conservative reputation going in, and each probably was more conservative than his predecessor. But each ended up looking like an establishment moderate once he got the leadership role. If you put in DeMint, the same thing will happen to him because he’s going to have to lead a caucus that includes Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, Scott Brown, Dick Lugar, John McCain, Orin Hatch, probably Mark Kirk and Mike Castle, etc. Telling those senators that the GOP won’t support their re-election would probably push a few of them out the door, or at least make them far less likely to make tough votes for the party.

I’d also point out that while there’s a good chance all the victorious underdogs will win their seats in this year’s climate, the candidates the NRSC has backed have been those who looked like they had the best chance to beat a Democrat. Incumbents usually win, and being a sitting governor or recent statewide office is normally a big advantage over a magistrate judge, deputy prosecutor or state representative. This year we still have a good chance to win those seats despite the lighter resumes, but most years the upsets would be making those seats very difficult to win.

She’d become to much of the typical Washington

Hope she does not go the Inglis/Bennett route of whining and sniping after being taken out.

She seems to get it — no recount, no third party, etc. Smart. She can regroup, rebuild, come back and go for Begich seat in 2014.

Wonderful day for Sarah and Todd! This is going to be an awesome Senate in Jan 2011. Rand Paul, Angle, Lee, Miller, Toomey, Buck. The Tea Party caucus will be powerful. How about Christine ODonnell in Del?

“I want to congratulate Joe Miller on his remarkable victory tonight and offer him my full support,” said Senator DeMint. “He pulled off the upset victory of the year because he ran on principles and because Alaskans, like all Americans, want to stop to the massive spending, bailouts, and debt that are bankrupting our country.”I applaud Senator Murkowski for gracefully conceding this race and for doing her part to help Republicans in Alaska move forward.

“Joe Miller’s victory should be a wake-up call to politicians who go to Washington to bring home the bacon. Voters are saying ‘We’re not willing to bankrupt the country to benefit ourselves.’”Now it’s time for Republicans to unite behind Joe Miller and help him win this important race in November. I’m proud to announce that the Senate Conservatives Fund will add Joe Miller to its list of endorsed candidates, and will immediately begin working to raise support for his campaign.”

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/245336/demint-wake-call-robert-costa

- JP

Do you believe in miracles?! http://u.nu/72z2f Congratulations, @JoeWMiller! Thank you for your service, Sen. Murkowski. On to November!

Awesome tie-in to one of my all-time favorite sports moments.

The Tea Party Express… congratulates Joe Miller on winning the race for the GOP primary for U.S. Senate in Alaska.

“Tonight Senator Lisa Murkowski conceded the race for U.S. Senate to Conservative Republican Joe Miller. We here at the Tea Party Express couldn’t be more excited,” said Amy Kremer, Chairman of the Tea Party Express.

“We congratulate Joe Miller on winning the political shocker of the year. Joe Miller’s campaign based on a constitutional conservative platform resonated with the state’s Republican primary voters and should serve as a wake up call to the political establishments of both parties.”

“We also thank and congratulate Gov. Sarah Palin who first called our attention to this race. She was right in her proclamation that Joe Miller was a first-rate candidate who offered a vision for the future of this country and how to return America to the right track,” said Amy Kremer.

http://www.teapartyexpress.org/

- JP

in here…and also on the AK newspaper site…regarding Miller’s win.

…i’ve sadly come to realize that a large part of the Republican party up there is made up of self serving liberals. Imagine that they openly state on a conservative political board that they really only care about their state and not their country. And inane threats to cut off our oil?

It’s embarrassing to this conservative. Thank god that Miller won and will be voting with the perpective of what’s best for his country…not simply for state freebees.

Even if he only serves for 6 year….it’s the most important 6 years he could have picked to win….

I’m from Illinois. Where conservatives know what it means to be conservativwe.

All I care to know about Alaska’s relationship to the US is that they’re one the the 50 states. And that you llive under the same constitution as we do. You come across like some successionist Vermonter.

ME FIRST! To h*ll with everyone else.

You think Alaska is the only state to be raped by the government? You should try living here. Where someone like me pays $13,000 a year in real estate taxes for a 3200 sq foot house. And the state is STILL in the worst financial shape (per capita) in the country.

I don’t want to hear your bellyachin’. If you’re not with us…or you’re not. And where you stand is coming across quite plain.

you won a closed primary by a little over a thousand votes; it aint Yorktown. Miller’s vote was, charitably, 20% of what he’ll need in the general. I hope you realize that all the people you’ve been insulting and castigating really need to be convinced to come out and vote for your candidate or you’ve just taken out a Republican incumbent and delivered a seat to the Democrats.

Don’t belive the myth that Alaska won’t vote Democrat, see, e.g., Begich, Mark and Knowles, Tony. Everybody who actually knows anything about Alaska politics, and that doesn’t include any of you, is now terribly afraid that the situation is now set up where for the first time since ’68 we could have both US Senators and the Governorship in Democrat control. That’s not a predictin, it is still an outside possibility, but for the first time in my forty years here, it is a possibillity.

The dutiful Republican constant voter, of which I am one, will go vote for Miller no matter how hard we have to pinch our nose, but we’re only 20% of the electorate. There’s no Parental Notification initiative on the General ballot to help Miller. Miller’s people seriously need some charm school for getting the independent vote, and the NPs are 60% of the Alaska electorate. All the howling about voter fraud is going to make it very, very hard for a lot of influential Republicans to do more than, maybe, cast a dutiful ballot. This is the situation you all set up, now figure out how to win an election.

I checked in on the AK newspaper site regardiing Mukowski’s concession. Seemingly 90% of the Murkowski supporters in there either stated directily, or insinuated, that they were voting for their loon Democrat instead of Miller.

Imagine that? Support a Socialist Obama vs a strict constitutionalist.

…and radio show. Learn what it means to be a constitutional conservative.

And that women Miller beat supports the envioronmental nut jobs. And you’re bothered by how the rest of the 49 has locked up your precious resources?

Simply irrational…

I didn’t call him ignorant. I believe those where his words.

And he can lay part blame on me. I contributed to Miller’s campaign… from my “lower 48 hole”.

DeMint is amassing an incredible caucus of conservatives. The fact that longtime Republican operatives are being shut out and McConnell and the NRSC are being knee-capped is a big, fat dessert.

Stunning developments.

Not a junior partner. A HOSTILE TAKEOVER!

n/t

being on the RIGHTSIDE of the primary fight

You guys work hard for these Constitutional Conservatives to take out the political patronages that follow their opponents and in such will allow this GREAT Country of OURS to get back to its limits in the Federal Government and return that which belongs to the States back to the States!

Bonus will be when they ALL win and Mitch McConnell is NOT the the leader of the Republican side of the Senate. I of course am putting my choice up of Sen DeMint a TRUE Patriot!

Why, I’m not sure. But I did. And now I’m left with a question:

Are we going to work together to elect Republicans in November?

She hasn’t supported the real conservative here in NH. That would be Ovide Lamontagne who’s taken a oath of 15 points he’ll stick to such as appointing only judges who respect the constitution and opposing liberal activist judges like Sotomayor, establishing a constitutional line item veto for the president, and establishing term limits for members of Congress:

http://ovide2010.com/?p=1362

This is in stark contrast to Kelly Ayotte who Palin supported and a few bloggers (Haystack and Neil Stevens) have supported.

Ovide can win this. We don’t need to settle for moderates who support Sotomayor. We can do much better than that.

http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Joseph+W.+McQuaid%3A+Lamontagne+for+U.S.+Senate&articleId=51033d42-09d2-4854-b963-645b99d1f8be

The poll was done with a 50/50 split of Murk and Miller voters. the the questions basically center on how you feel about Sarah Palin, the tea party movement and the republican party in general.

My fav questions:

#8 – Approve or disapprove of the current direction of the republican party? 45 percent DISapprove.

and #13: Asking if the respondant was lib, mod or conservative. 59 percent conservative, 37 mod, and 4 lib.

Basically, answers ot other quesitons show while Sarah got Miller out there in the public eye initially, people voted for him jsut because they liked him and not because of her endorsement.

If you enjoy digging in polls here’s the link.

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_AK_831.pdf

but just a few observations:

I’m glad Miller won. Although I don’t know enough about him, he appears to be the right person for the times.

I am sorry that bridges had to be burned regarding Sen Murkowski. Like it or not, the Murkowski regime in AK has been (overall) good for republicans for many years. It would be a great shame if they became hostile to any conservative issues due to the results of this campaign. It may have been unnecessary for so much animosity and hard feelings and it’s time to remember them for their past efforts on our behalf.

Art is a valuable ally to the conservative cause. With few exceptions, no one has his depth of experience in the trenches of government and politics – especially with regards to labor issues (a coming financial nightmare). His insight and humor have been a boon for RS over the years. This election was personal for him and I regret that a conservative/RS win is his loss. While the loss may have been personal ,there is no reason to let that bring out any ungraciousness towards Art or the Murkowskis. Ultimately, our common enemy will require ALL of our efforts to destroy, and having accomplished players on our team will be vital.

We need to keep focused on our real opponents and thank those who have carried the torch, however imperfectly before us. We need everyone we can bring to the fight – especially those who have already kicked some a$$.

One of those things that make you go Hummm.

In my political life, I have never seen anyone quite like her. Her willingness and intestinal fortitude to support non-establishment candidates, despite the enemies it makes, is astounding. Her she is getting hammered from the Democrats, the Media, and the Entertainment Industry, and many GOP leaders, and she still wades into primaries and supports non-establishment GOP candidates. She must have a very thick skin and a lot more guts than almost any politician that I have known. Reagan, on whose campaign I worked, was equally fearless and got continuous attacks from the left, but he had a lot more high-profile defenders on his side (such as Jimmy Stewart and John Wayne). Palin is on a island taking hit after hit. I think, like Reagan, she is driven by principles and willing to follow those principles despite the opposition.

Until Mr.Affirmative Action sneaked in, I thought it might be OK to let the Commies in so we could clean house. As he nearly wrecked the house I guess we’ll have to leave a few Collins–Kay Bailey–Goober
Candy A—s around and hope to fix them later. I am even starting to worry about Cornyn.

We are electing Constitutional Conservatives and getting rid of RINOs!

This is almost better than beating democrats!

These are Constitutional Conservatives I have donated to so far. Post any Constitutional Conservatives who we can help with contributions. It is working!

Brian Sandoval brian@briansandoval.com http://www.briansandoval.com/
Sharron Angle sharron@sharronangle.com
Djou for Hawaii info@djou.com
Damon Dunn treasurerlawler@sbcglobal.net http://www.damondunn.com/
Joe Miller for US Senate info@joemiller.us
Star Parker http://www.starparkerforcongress.com/
Ken Buck for Colorado http://kenbuck.com/
JD Hayworth 2010 info@jdforsenate.com
http://www.faulknerforcongress.com/
http://christine2010.com/
Alan West http://www.allenwestforcongress.com/
Ilario Pantano http://www.pantanoforcongress.net/

He has picked all Constitutional Conservatives than anyone and has put to shame the RINO supporters in his party.

Jim DeMint is the visionary we need in leadership!

Don’t think McConnell and the rest of the Republican elitists will make his life a living hell.

I am sick that McCain got back in, that Kirk and the rest of them won their primaries, and the thought of Castle winning the primary on the 14th gives me the chills. (Please send donations to Christine O’Donnell ((Yikes! rhymes with McConnell)) at http://christineodonnell2010.com/ “Storm the Castle”)

The fight continues — clean out the Republican Party, and get our guys elected, or vice versa.

Don’t think McConnell and the rest of the Republican elitists will make his life a living hell.

I am sick that McCain got back in, that Kirk and the rest of them won their primaries, and the thought of Castle winning the primary on the 14th gives me the chills. (Please send donations to Christine O’Donnell ((Yikes! rhymes with McConnell)) at http://christineodonnell2010.com/ “Storm the Castle”)

The fight continues — clean out the Republican Party, and get our guys elected, or vice versa.

and the pendulum is swinging back much faster than what we were told to expect in 2008. But there is actually a civil war within the Republican party. I’m still on the fence as to whether Republicans have cleaned up their act. It is nice to see incumbents who sat on their hands during healthcare and voted for TARP being voted out. I want all three PORKERS fired, Collins and Snowe now that Specter is gone. Cao should have been primaried out, and instead the party woosed out. Ron Paul is not that conservative. I’m not that impressed by Rand Paul, either. Jim DeMint will campaign for Romney, and he wants to be Senate majority leader that badly. It seems more like an internal coup, since I don’t see Republicans really rallying to take out Obama in 2012. But a little is better than nothing, and it would be nice to check the Democrats’ power.