Today On A Beautiful, Spring Day In New Hampshire, Former Massachusetts Governor & Author Of The "Romney Care" Health Care MANDATE, Mitt Romney Officially Announced His Bid For President In The 2012 Elections During A Press Conference.
Romney Who Stood Smiling, So Tall & Handsome, Seemed Enthusiastic As He Spoke Before A Small Audience Of Waiting Spectators.
Little Did He Know That Sarah "Barracuda" Palin (Same One Who QUIT Her Job) Would Show Up To Ruin His Shining Moment With Her Empty, Ugly Rhetoric.
Palin Openly Attacked The ONLY GOP Candidate Who Might Actually Have A Sliver Of Chance Of Beating Pres. Obama In 2012.
I Personally Don't Believe Romney Can Beat Obama But If Romney Thinks He Can, Well That Remains To Be Seen.
Now Back To Sarah "Barracuda" Palin's New Hampshire Antics.
As I Was Saying While Mitt Romney Was Officially Announcing His Bid For President, Anti-GOP Establishment, Tea Party Queen, Job Quitter Sarah "Barracuda" Palin Also Held A Press Conference.
During Palin's Press Conference She Literally Blasted Romney For His Universal "Romney Care" Health Care Mandate & Cast Lots Of Doubt On Whether Or Not He's Tough Enough To Whip Pres. Obama In 2012.
By Tough Enough I'm Referring To Using Ugly, Racially-Divisive, "Southern Strategy" Rhetoric When Addressing Or Mentioning Pres. Obama's Name.
The SAME Ugly, Racially-Divisive Rhetoric That Cast Senator John McCain The 2008 Presidential Election.
Although Palin Did Graduate From College (Took Her About 6 Years), She Still Appears To Lack Basic History, Foreign Policy & Geography Knowledge. i.e., GENUINE INTELLIGENCE!
While Its True She Was Elected Mayor Of Wasilla, Alaska & Later Governor Of Alaska, She Did So ONLY Due To Showmanship, Charisma & Her LOOKS!
NOT Due To GENUINE INTELLIGENCE!
(For The Record It Doesn't Take GENUINE INTELLIGENCE To Win Political Elections.)
In Fact Her Lack Of Intelligence, Along With Her Use Of Ugly, Racially-Divisive Rhetoric Is What Took Down McCain's 2008 Campaign.
Palin's Lack Of INTELLIGENCE Is Why She's JEALOUS Of Both Barack Obama Who Is Extremely INTELLIGENT & Skeptical Of Most GOP Establishment Politicians.
Now Do You Understand Why Palin Hates Alaska U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski?
And This Explains Why She Helped Formed The Tea Party.
A Political Party Made Up Of Misfits, Hand-Me-Downs, Non-Establishment People Who Feel Just As Rejected As She Does.
Please Don't Get It Twisted!
I'm NOT Saying Tea Party People Are Stupid By Any Means!
To The Contrary!
Instead What I'm Referring To Is That Most Tea Party People Feel As Though They Have Been Ignored & Rejected By Mainstream, Establishment Politicians On Both Sides Of The Aisle, And Such Rejection Has Made Them Angry!
Sadly Enough Some Of Those Angry People Are Racist But NOT All.
But What Sarah "Barracuda" Palin Has Done Is Used The Anger & Sincerity Of Those Citizens For Her Own Evil Devices.
Palin Doesn't Care If She Ruins The GOP's Chances Of Offering Pres. Obama A Formidable Republican Opponent, One Whom He Will STILL Beat But Nevertheless At Least Give The Man Someone Worth His Time To Debate With On An INTELLIGENT Level!
Palin Doesn't Care Because She Seeks Revenge!
Who Benefits From Her Foolish Schemes?
Pres. Obama, Democrats & Independents!!
I LOVE IT!!
All Obama Supporters Love It!
I Leave You With This:
SO PALIN GO!
Please Keep Destroying The GOP's Chances Of Nominating Mitt Romney To Run Against Pres. Obama In 2012!
Please Keep Doing What You Do Best!
Creating DIVISION Within The Republican Party & Spewing Ugly, Racially-Divisive Rhetoric Against Pres. Barack Obama!
I Can Just See Myself At His 2nd Presidential Inauguration Ceremony & I Can Hardly Wait!
At a news conference in Anchorage on Wednesday evening, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski declared victory for her historic write-in campaign to keep her seat.
In a speech to supporters, Murkowski frequently invoked that man she called her political mentor, the late Sen. Ted Stevens, as she described her “miracle” of a comeback campaign.
“Ted’s motto was ‘To hell with politics, let’s do what’s right for Alaska,’” Murkowski told supporters. “And that’s what we did. We let that be the driver.”
Murkowski leads Republican Joe Miller by more than 10,000 votes. The Associated Press has declared Murkowski the victor — however, Miller has yet to concede, citing voting problems in several precincts and saying he might request a recount if the margin is close.
Yet fresh off a plane flight from Washington, Murkowski confidently said her campaign made history as the first victorious write-in bid for Senate in 56 years, since Strom Thurmond prevailed in South Carolina.
“They told us this could not be done and we all heard it,” said Murkowski. “What a wild, wild thing that we were doing. What a chance, what a risk, but for the right thing.”
In what Murkowski described as an age of voter “apathy,” she hailed the more than 100,000 people who wrote her name down on their respective ballots. She said Alaskans “showed their intent with every letter” they wrote in the ballot – a veiled knock at Miller, who has filed a lawsuit in federal court arguing that voters must spell her name correctly, instead of election officials judging ballots based on voter intent.
Murkowski leads Miller by 2,247 votes among uncontested ballots, plus there are an additional 8,153 votes for the senator that have been challenged by the Miller campaign for reasons such as incorrect spelling and arguably illegible penmanship. The fate of those ballots could end up in court, although that is highly unlikely given what appears to be an insurmountable lead for Murkowski among unchallenged ballots.
Murkowski declared her victory just hours before Nov. 18 — the first official “Ted Stevens Day” in Alaska – and with some members of late senator’s family present. She recalled what Stevens, who died in a plane crash two weeks before the Republican primary in August, said was his motto for his squadron in World War II: “We do the impossible immediately; Miracles take a little longer.”
“Well tonight, after eight weeks, I think we can say our miracle is here,” said Murkowski.
History, the GOP, the tea party, Sarah Palin and her own mouthful of a name worked against her. Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski conquered them all Wednesday, becoming the first Senate candidate in more than 50 years to win a write-in campaign.
The victory is a remarkable comeback for Murkowski, who lost to political newcomer Joe Miller in the GOP primary, and a humbling moment for Palin, the former Alaska governor, 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate and Murkowski nemesis whose support was not enough to get Miller through an election in her own backyard.
The outcome became clear after a tedious week of counting handwritten ballots. Alaska election officials confirmed they had only about 700 votes left to count, with Murkowski ahead by 10,400 votes. Miller has challenged 8,153 of the ballots counted for Murkowski, but he would still be behind even if he won every challenge.
Murkowski declared victory after flying from Washington, D.C., to Alaska on Wednesday, exactly two months after announcing her write-in bid.
"Doesn't it just feel like, wow," she said at an Anchorage rally. "It feels a little bit mind-boggling."
She called for Unity and wished Miller and Democrat Scott McAdams, who conceded last week, well. Then she called for a night of celebration, telling supporters that "against all odds, we as Alaskans, together, made history."
Miller said he may ask for a re-count. Miller has maintained he'll stop fighting if the math doesn't work in his favor, and his spokesman, Randy DeSoto, said late Wednesday that Miller will discuss matters with his campaign and legal teams, and "decisions will be made shortly."
The state GOP, which backed Miller, called the race for Murkowski and asked Miller to withdraw. Murkowski's run caused a rift, and state GOP chairman Randy Ruedrich – whom Miller once tried to oust – said the party "stands ready to embrace Lisa Murkowski as Alaska's only Republican U.S. senator."
"We call on Joe Miller to respect the will of the voters and end his campaign in a dignified manner," Ruedrich said.
Murkowski will return to Washington owing nothing to tea party activists, who largely opposed her, or to the Republican Party, which supported Miller after the primary. Though she plans to caucus with Republicans, she said she won't be beholden to any special interests or party – an initial sign that she may not try to reclaim her leadership post within the GOP conference. She voluntarily resigned it in deciding to make her outsider run.
She's already standing against the tea party on one hot issue – earmarks that allow lawmakers to steer federal spending to pet projects. Former GOP defenders including Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell now want to ban earmarking, but Murkowski say a ban won't do much to reduce federal spending and would leave bureaucrats to decide spending priorities.
Murkowski's write-in bid almost didn't happen. After losing to Miller in August she went back and forth before deciding to run, saying she had been encouraged by Alaskans who wanted an alternative between the conservative Miller and the little-known Democratic nominee.
The last Senate candidate to win as a write-in was Strom Thurmond in 1954, and no write-in campaign on this scale had ever succeeded in Alaska. But the long-shot nature of Murkowski's campaign seemed to invigorate the senator and her team.
She showed a fire she'd lacked during the primary, when she referred to Miller as "my opponent" and fell victim to aggressive last-minute attack ads by the Tea Party Express.
This time, she pounced on Miller's every misstep. While she still stressed her seniority and her willingness to be a voice for all Alaskans, her speeches sounded more like rallies than lectures, generally ending in her leading a raucous chorus of supporters in spelling her name: "M-U-R, K-O-W, S-K-I."
"She just had a fire in her belly to do this not for herself but for the large number of people, literally hundreds, who begged her to do this," said John Tracy, who worked on her ad team.
Murkowski wasn't the typical write-in candidate: She enjoyed widespread name recognition as Alaska's senior senator and daughter of a local political dynasty, and had a $1 million-plus bank account.
Miller, meanwhile, had several missteps after the primary. Court documents were released showing that he had been suspended as a government employee for using work computers for partisan political work and lying about it. In other miscues, his security detail handcuffed a journalist asking questions at a town hall meeting, and it was revealed his family received many government handouts that he railed against as a tea party candidate.
Murkowski's victory became apparent after days of ballot counters and observers scrutinizing the handwriting of more than 100,000 ballots bearing her name.
It was a process unlike any Alaska had seen, with the rules for conducting the election written as the race went on. That provided the crux of Miller's federal complaint – that the determination of votes was subjective and not strictly in line with election law. The law calls for write-in ballots to have the oval filled in and either the candidate's last name or name as it appears on their declaration of candidacy written.
Miller observers, seeking to hold the state to that standard, objected to thousands of ballots, including ones with a cursive letter or two, slight misspellings or mangled lettering. The campaign even challenged ballots that read "Lisa Murkowski Republican" or "Murkowski, Lisa."
Murkowski told supporters at Wednesday night's rally that "after eight weeks, I think we can say our miracle is here."
"I promised during this campaign that I would do everything, everything that I could do to best represent you," Murkowski said, her voice shaking at times. She added later: "I pledge to you today and from this day forward that I will do everything that I can to keep that commitment to you all."
There's no threshold for demanding a re-count, but if Miller is more than roughly 950 votes behind Murkowski, he will have to pay for it himself. The state hopes to certify the race Nov. 29; the deadline to then request a re-count is Dec. 4.
Murkowski, 53, was appointed to the Senate seat long held by her father when he became governor in 2002; she won the seat in her own right two years later, in a narrow win over Democrat Tony Knowles. Her father was ousted in the 2006 gubernatorial primary by Palin, contributing to the icy relationship between the two families.
Levi Russell, a spokesman for the California-based Tea Party Express, told The Associated Press that Murkowski's failure to win a majority in the race "demonstrates a rejection of her well-known policies."
While disappointed in the race's outcome, Russell said the group stands behind its strategy and Miller. "We continue to feel that Joe Miller is more in concert today with the people in Alaska, who are concerned about the growth and intrusiveness of the federal government with the higher taxes, deficits and national debt," he said.
The win comes a day before what would have been Sen. Ted Stevens' 87th birthday. Stevens, a legend in Alaska for bringing home billions in federal aid and projects during his 40 years in the Senate, was one of Murkowski's biggest supporters, and a mentor. He died in a plane crash two weeks before the primary. Members of Stevens' family were at Wednesday night's rally.
Murkowski invoked his legacy during her write-in campaign as something she wanted to carry on.
Alaska's Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski issued a surprisingly harsh statement late on Friday, ripping Gov. Sarah Palin's decision to leave office at the end of the month. "I am deeply disappointed that the Governor has decided to abandon the State and her constituents before her term has concluded," Murkowski wrote.
And so the question remains: Why did Sarah Palin decide to 'abandon the state'? Is she planning to run for president in 2012, or was this her exit from politics? Was she sick of the personal attacks or was there a devastating new scandal on the horizon?
Or, perhaps the answer is something more immediate and universal: she did it for the money.
With a book due out next spring and the opportunity to make a good amount of money on the speaking circuit, Palin's motivation could have been simply to capitalize financially on her fame.
As Fox News puts it, Palin will have "a variety of potential platforms, from writing books to hitting the public speaking circuit to working directly with the Republican Party to get candidates elected" from which to pursue her goals. And in the process, "the ability to make a lot of money -- far more than the $125,000 or so a year she has earned as governor."
Similarly, Democratic strategist Bob Shrum told Politico that the Palins would likely never have to worry about money again given the Alaska governor's earning power.
"She could make more in two weeks on just speaking fees than in the rest of her time as governor," said Shrum.
According to Politico's Mike Allen, Palin's close friends say that among her immediate plans are "paid speeches, and [she] will spend time writing her book, which is due this fall, then promote it heavily when it comes out in spring 2010."
The advance Palin received for the book, which will be published by HarperCollins and has been described as a tell-all memoir, is not known. The Anchorage Daily News reported in May:
The governor said details will be disclosed as required under Alaska law when her annual financial disclosures are due next March. Her advance from the publisher is likely to be paid in stages, though, and it's not clear if she has to disclose the full amount on that report or only the portion received in 2009, according to the state public offices commission.
At the very least, Time notes, this can only prove to be good publicity for her memoir:
One project that will receive a boost from Sarah Palin's plan to step down as the governor of Alaska is her much-touted autobiography, for which it will provide a hotly anticipated chapter.
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