Diary title shamelessly nicked from the comment section of the Anchorage Daily News.
It appears that it's all over for Joe Miller in Alaska apart from the shouting, and of course he is shouting (mostly into the wind IMHO).
Lisa Murkowski is expected to claim victory today in the Senate vote and Joe Miller is expected to squeal like a five year old in a temper tantrum.
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First the Anchorage Daily News latest.....
http://www.adn.com/...
Senator leads; Miller wants hand recount
BUT HANG ON: Miller team, citing "suspect" computer system, wants entire election recounted by hand.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski enjoys an apparently insurmountable 10,400-vote lead over Joe Miller after the weeklong review of write-in ballots. But the Miller campaign isn't giving up and says Alaska's computerized voting system is "suspect."
The Miller campaign wants the Division of Elections to recount the entire Senate race by hand, spokesman Randy DeSoto said Tuesday night.
If there is a hand recount the Miller campaign would have to pay for it unless there was only a .5% difference. Joe is still asking for donations. Good luck with that Joe, LOL.
The Division of Elections has now counted 100,868 votes for Murkowski and 90,468 for Miller.
All that remains to be counted are an estimated 600 absentee ballots from military and overseas addresses. The state plans to count those ballots today.
From the comment section, the first few most recommended posts.....
sacmatthews Yesterday 05:54 PM
Thanks for keeping up the good fight Senator Murkowski. Alaskan voters made the right choice. No to Joe Miller. No to the California Tea Party Express. And no to Sarah Palin.
Frankies_Mommy Yesterday 05:11 PM
Lisa Murkowski made HISTORY!
Joe Miller IS history!
Frankies_Mommy Yesterday 06:13 PM
HEY! Miller can run for Mayor of Wasilla!
Between him and Levi it would be tough.............
RadarRay Yesterday 06:20 PM in reply to Frankies_Mommy
You forgot Houston. Now that is the perfect elected office for Joe. The Mayor of Houston
jaybee48 Yesterday 06:33 PM in reply to RadarRay
I can hear it now: "Houston, we have a problem."
A little taste of how Palin campaigned for Joe Miller from the Mudflats blog....
http://www.themudflats.net/...
See, our time for choosing is on November 2nd, isn’t it. This is the time for choosing. And big over-spending, over-reaching, over-regulated, over-taxing government is not the answer to all the problems that America is facing today. And that big government, that mentality of those in D.C., that is the issue in this campaign. In Alaska and all across America, and believe me as I travel across the U.S., it’s not just Alaskans with their pioneering independent spirit that we have here, but its permeating all throughout the rest of the U.S. too and so many Americans, so many Tea Party Americans are standing up and saying, "Enough is enough!" and we’re going to take this government back and put it back on the side of We the People.
snip...........
My fellow Alaskans will you fulfill our state motto when Alaska is looked at by the rest of America and Americans say yes, north to the future! Are you ready to lead?
Well, Joe Miller is willing to fight for us in Washington D.C. Are you going to be there for him? He is going to be there for us and we need to be there for him. Let’s do it Alaska, let’s lead. We can help lead this nation. Let’s send Joe Miller to the United States Senate. Let’s shake it up. No more business as usual. Let’s change D.C. Let’s restore America with honor. That is what Joe Miller will bring to the United States Senate. Ladies and Gentlemen I want to tell you how proud I am, how honoured I am to be here for Joe Miller.
God bless you and God bless Alaska and God bless the United States of America.
And Alaska said "Thanks, but NO THANKS!
Just in case anyone is feeling sorry for Joe (plus I love schadenfreude), a reminder of the tweets he sent out when he won the primary............
"Think I’ll do some house hunting while I’m in DC #teaparty #tcot #tpp #alaska #ak," he wrote in his first message.
"Guess I should pick up some office furniture, as well, while in DC #teaparty #tcot #tpp #alaska #ak," he followed up. "Then there’s the matter of a name plaque for the door #teaparty #tcot #tpp #alaska #ak."
Mr. Miller ended with one last post: "My sincere appreciation for the warm welcome, including from future colleagues in DC #teaparty #tcot #tpp #alaska #ak."
p.s. Wonder how that Dopey Derangey thing is workin' out for Sarah today?