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Murkowski to Palin: Back Off My Senate Seat
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... The Alaska Senator tells Politico that she'll put up a fight -- and, strategically, a stint in the Senate won't help her get the White House anyway.
“If she wants to be president, I don't think the way to the presidency is a short stop in the United States Senate." ...
Murkowski Warns Palin
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) sent a sharp message to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R), according to the Politico: "If you want to make a run at the White House, keep your hands off my Senate seat." ...
Palin to the Senate?
Weekly Standard Blog —
... the governor from making a long-term appointment to the U.S. Senate. In 2006, Sarah Palin walloped Frank Murkowski by 31 points in the state's Republican primary, and recently there's been some speculation that Sarah Palin might try to take Lisa Murkowski's Senate seat in 2010. Politico reports that Sen. Murkowski is telling Palin to back off: ...
Tuesday's campaign round-up
Political Animal —
... to resolve the issue of disqualified absentee ballots in Minnesota, which if counted, would make his victory far more likely. * Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) believes Sarah Palin might challenge her in a 2010 Republican primary, and is urging her to stay away . Asked for a response, a Palin spokesperson would only say, "The governor has never stated her intention or desire to run for that office." * Will ...
Murkowski to Palin: Meeeow!
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
Fun fun fun fun fun fun fun: From Politico: Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski has some Republican-to-Republican advice for Gov. Sarah Palin: If you want to make a run at the White House, keep your hands off my Senate seat. Murkowski, up for reelection in 2010, is nervously awaiting word on whether John McCain’s former running mate will run against her in the GOP primary. But she says Palin is the one who should be nervous. “I can guarantee it would be a very tough election,” Murkowski said in an interview. Palin is also up for reelection in 2010. ...
Palin's Path Is Not Through Senate
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... When asked in an interview about the prospect of a potential
challenge to Murkowski for her senate seat by Gov. Palin, the
senator answered that it would be a tough fight and a risky one for
Pain. Now Politico writer Manu Raju has authored an
article with the inflammatory headline,
"Murkowski to Palin: Leave my seat alone." Leave it to the
drive-bys to try to start a cat fight between Alaska's two most
prominent women in politics, hoping for a battle that would leave
both of them bloodied and weakened. ...
Murkowski warns Palin: If you want my seat, prepare for war
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... Two young pols, one with presidential ambitions, the other the daughter of the man her rival beat to become governor, vying to inflict a career-ruining defeat upon her rival. It’s not a primary race; it’s a Lifetime movie of the week. If it happens, I shall demand to be transferred to Hot Air’s Alaska bureau, that I might taste the drama firsthand. Murkowski, up for reelection in 2010, is nervously awaiting word on whether John McCain’s former running mate will run against her in the GOP primary. But she says Palin is the one who should be nervous. “I can guarantee it would ...
Sarah Palin to Challenge Lisa Murkowski for Alaska Senate Seat in 2010?
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
... More drama against Sarah Palin by the pro-Romney Politico. There is absolutely NO advantage for Palin to challenge an incumbent Senator from her own party with an easy re-election as Alaska’s Governor facing Palin. ...
DAY'S END ROUNDUP
News —
... . Murkowski suggested that Palin back off from any challenge to her in 2010, noting that a short stop in the Senate wouldn't help her presidential chances in 2012. If Palin is serious about running against President-elect Barack Obama, she should forget about a tough Senate campaign that would end just before the GOP nomination race would begin, writes Hot Air's ...
Alaska-- Still Here: Will Palin Move To Oust Murkowski?
DownWithTyranny! —
... is worried that her own seat may be in jeopardy. But in red, red Alaska where it takes no less than 7 criminal convictions to dislodge a corrupt Republican-- and even then only by the barest of margins (150,728 to 147,004 or 48-47%)-- it isn't any Democrat Murkowski has to worry about, assuming-- although why, I have no idea-- she isn't indicted as part of the Alaska GOP corruption cavalcade. What Murkowski has become acutely aware of is that the biggest danger she faces is from a barracuda from inside her own party. ...
Murkowski to Palin: Get Your Eyes Off My Senate Seat, You Bitch
Firedoglake —
Nothing like a GOP cat fight:
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski has some Republican-to-Republican advice for Gov. Sarah Palin: If you want to make a run at the White House, keep your hands off my Senate seat.
Murkowski, up for reelection in ...
Murkowski pushes back on possible Palin Senate run
The Reaction —
... It seems that Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski doesn't much care for Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. In response to the possibility that Palin will run against her in the Republican Senate primary in 2010, Murkowski had this to say: ...
12/3: The GOP Comeback Begins?
Blogometer —
... son, Beau [Biden] , and after Beau took his name out of the running because he's now serving in Iraq, the naming of the actual replacement -- lone-time (Joe) Biden aide Ted Kaufmann -- ' upset local Democrats who believe the move was a ham-handed attempt to engineer the election of Biden's son, Beau, to the Senate in 2010.' Meanwhile, in Alaska, Lisa Murkowski , who was appointed by her father to take his seat in the U.S. Senate when he became Governor, yesterday warned Sarah Palin not to challenge her in a 2010 primary, a by-product of ...
This Would Be Fun To Watch
Daily Kos —
Here's a potentially bloody primary fight that I'd like to see: Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski has some Republican-to-Republican advice for Gov. Sarah Palin: If you want to make a run at the White House, keep your hands off my Senate seat. Murkowski, up for reelection in 2010, is nervously awaiting word on whether John McCain’s former running mate will run against her in the GOP primary. But she says Palin is the one who should be nervous. "I can guarantee it would be a very tough election," Murkowski said in an interview. ...
Come Right In, Mr. Brooks.
d r i f t g l a s s —
2010 Senate Rankings, Revised and Extended
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right —
... Lisa Murkowski, in other words, is not being entirely paranoid when she's warning Palin to stay away from her seat. The potential opening for Democrats is if Murkowski is bloodied but not beaten by Palin, either surviving a tough primary challenge, or perhaps losing credibility by getting in a public spat with the 'Cuda. This is also, in theory, the sort of seat a third-party candidate might target. ...
The American Nepotist Class
PoliGazette —
... in the U.S. Senate when he became Governor, yesterday warned Sarah Palin not to challenge her in a 2010 primary, a by-product of tension between those two as a result of Palin’s defeat of Lisa’s dad for Governor. In Florida, Mel Martinez’s announcement that he won’t seek re-election in 2010 immediately led to reports that ...
Alaska Senate poll: Palin 55, Murkowski 31
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... , aside from the occasional preemptive declaration of war . Palin would crush Daddy’s Little Girl in a primary. Remember, Lisa Murkowski was appointed to the seat by her father when he was elected to his ill-fated term as governor. Palin’s successful primary challenge to father Murkowski was aided in great part by the backlash to that nepotism. The voters passed a ballot initiative stripping the governor of the power to make such appointments in the future. So given a credible Republican challenger, Murkowski melts. Since Palin vanquished Murkowski’s father, there would be ...
SSP's Competitive Senate Race Ratings: Initial Ratings for 2009-10
Swing State Project —
... The excitement here, if any, will come from a potential R-on-R primary matchup featuring Sarah Palin vs. Lisa Murkowski. There really isn't a Dem who could make this competitive, and in any case, there's a long list of more appetizing targets ahead of Alaska. (D) ...
Palin has ‘no intention’ of challenging Murkowski
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... referenced the ADN story in a short piece today. Interestingly, Stapleton’s charge that the media has tried to stir up a mud wrestling match between Palin and Murkowski doesn’t seem that far-fetched. Politico appears to be one of the usual suspects, with several items like this one. Barely two weeks after the Politico item was published, the nutroots got into the act, with Daily Kos commissioning a Research 2000 ...
