Will Murkowski caucus with the Democrats?

[FarPoint]

She may just want to hang with the Majority...like Joe Turncoat Lieberman......wanting a Committee to Chair....What say you my friends?

[Nuclear Unicorn]

1. If the price is right

How's our checkbook looking these days?

[theaocp]

4. Exactly. Murk. + Dems = not happening n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. She has already said she will not.

[FarPoint]

5. Her word is transparent and only self-serving at the moment.

I will never believe for a nano-second any repug claim.

[Liberal Veteran]

3. I say we have done enough coddling of the right wing.

Blue dogs, Lieberdouche, etc...

All they do is water down the party to the point of gridlock.

[FarPoint]

7. I totally agree...

Thats why were in the ditch today....

[benlurkin]

8. Coddling the right? Who is "WE"? You got a mouse in your pocket?

[Liberal Veteran]

16. It's not a mouse. It's rats and they have been gnawing on my ass.

Blanche Lincoln, Ben Nelson, Evan Bayh, Mary Landrieu, Mark Warner, Joementum, etc....

And while I personally am disgusted with the milquetoast wing of the party, they are part of my party and thus the "we".

[benlurkin]

6. She will stay Republican

She has to stay Republican or she'll be thrown out on her ass in Alaska. BUT she is pre choice so they put a target on her back.

[Tippy]

9. Murkowski is a Republican and will stay a Republican

[Dappleganger]

10. WTF is this Murkowski lovefest?

Our guy lost so we need to move on.

[FarPoint]

13. No one loves her...

she can select or deal a Party to caucus with so the issues is on the table.

[Dappleganger]

18. She's a republican...

like Charlie Crist, she does what is politically expedient for her to win office but still a republican.

[FarPoint]

19. Agreed.

[TheBigotBasher]

15. Important lesson.

Palin failed to get her candidate elected to her home State.

[racaulk]

11. Not a chance. n/t

[Doctor_J]

12. Are you high?

Jeebus

[FarPoint]

14. Excuse me?

Don't be rude.

[Doctor_J]

24. Then don't be goofy

What a ridiculous OP

[Greg K]

17. How would that benefit the Democrats in any way? We already have the majority.

And it's not like caucusing with us would make her vote with us.

[SoCalDem]

20. Nope.. she'll do the "whipped puppy" routine

and caucus with the Rs.. There's no advantage (for her) to caucusing with the dems.

[seabeyond]

21. no. i dont think she will. AND she isnt miller. that is a good thing. but the only good thing, nt

[MattyGroves]

22. No but it's a moot question as she's not going to win

The generic "write in candidate" was only about 4 percentage points ahead of Miller from the last result I saw and the Dem candidate is now out of the running altogether.

Given that you can discard a write in vote due to a misspelling (even if the intended candidate is obvious) I would anticipate a good quarter to half of any write ins for Murkowski will be disqualified.

Looks like Palin's rally probably ended up saving Miller's hash.

[bullwinkle428]

23. She's Joe Miller with shinier wrapping. 'Nuff said.