Wake up America - Sarah's chosen one didn't win - in her home state of Alaska!! Says a lot about the intelligence of the Alaskan people Why then do so many from this country seem to think she is so swell and hang on her every word as if it were gospel????

Murkowski is certainly not a liberal, but I'd love to see the look on Sarah Palin's face today.

Right On!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why do so many in this country hang on to her every word as if it were gospel ???? For the same reason people watch Jerry Springer.

Score one for sanity!

Neat-o-riffic!

Sarah- do this: when the Repubs throw you under the arctic-cat, run on a write-in ticket! Lisa just showed you it CAN work! DO IT! Have God open that there windah, so you can DO IT!!

This has everything that do with real Americans. People like Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin all get their power by telling middle class people what to do, in essence voting against their own best interests. A defeat for Palin in this case was a victory for common sense. This is something America can be proud of.

He has a lot to do with something. Another Tea Party candidate losing. It shows that America is finally waking up again.

Oh, no. This news means Hannity will be going on and on and on about Muslims and how they treat their women again on his show today.

Or why ice cubes are cold.

Or something. ANYTHING but what a 'sore loser' Lisa was.

Why are so many here into personality politics? And how dare this Raum fellow have the gall to say who are and who are not real Americans?

First O'Donnell in Delaware gets knocked out . . . like a five dollar hooker getting punched in the face. Then Nevada and California follow suit. And now Alaska stands firm against the Tea Party. Bravo!

Shhhhh . . . Listen. If you are really quiet, you can hear Glen Beck crying over these results. Oh, his tears taste so good . . . SO GOOD. Yes, cry Glen. Your tears give me sustenance, they are so delicious.

Dear Thoughts from CAli, I wanted to let you know that over 50% of the candidates that Palin supported won election and not as incumbents. In baseball if you hit over 500 you're a star! I think you know where I coming from. So don't expect anybody to be crying in their beer.

Oh and congrats on spending $22,000 per year on college education for illegals in California. Now there is something to cry in your beer over (if anybody in CA could afford beer)

Hilarious! And oh... soooo true. Sarah Palin must be "fit to be tied" considering the lengths she went through to drag this classy woman's name thru the mud. Sarah, do ya need a rag for all that "egg"...???The "tea baggers' do nothing but incite hatred and ignorance. So, please, enough with the insults to our intelligence... sane Americans with civility, have got ur number....Move On, already. That goes for you too, Glenn Beck...you are the worst of the worst.

CorgiZoo, we Alaskans have seen Sarah Palin and close up for some time. The rest of country will catch up with us soon enough. We up here are just ahead of the game.

All I see is a bunch of screaming liberals having a shouting fest, when what we should be shouting with happiness about is that the peoples voice of Alaska has been heard just as the fore fathers of this country had planned. If everyone would get off the political band wagons and quit worrying about their parties best interest and start worrying about the best interest of the country we would see a change. And yes, praying for GOD to open all the doors wouldn't hurt. As for Sarah, Shawn, Glenn, and Rush go and be heard!

She has a 10,000 vote lead and there are only 700 more votes to count, well you do the math. Is this Tea Party new math? It's over!

Way to go Mike R. then Cali votes Boxer and Brown in to office. And Pelosi is minority leader now and Reid is sitll around for Nevada. go figure. those 2 states never learn.

The people in Calf. did not do that the court did it . And it was wrong in my opinion .

Hey, I agree with you Mike R. Obviously enough people love her that she could . . . (excuse me, trying to hold back laughter) . . . she could win the Presidency. Sure. I really hope she runs, I honestly do. I think we need more people in government that are . . . reality TV stars. Plus I think it's cute that she says the same thing in her speeches that Hitler did (February 1, 1933 and March 23, 1933). Now that is what I call efficient. Why make your own speeches when you can save time by stealing quotes from someone else? Cutting the cost of speech writers . . . I like it.

But why all the hate towards the college education system in Cali? I got my degree . . . two, actually. Plus I have maintained a steady career through this economy, actually made more money, and I live by the beach . . . what's not to love? Sure, we support more illegals (don't agree with that) . . . but it's the price I pay to see girls walking around in bikini's all year long. And no matter what Palin says, I will NOT stay abstinent here. LOL.

Actually, speaking for "this Raum fellow", I didn't try to define who an American was - I just said that this was a result Americans could be proud of. But, you make an interesting point. We have often been told that any attempt at disagreeing with Bush's rationale for the Iraq war means that we are America's enemy and terrorist-sympathizers.

Why is that others can tell us we are not real Americans, but when we make a statement about taking pride in America, we don't have a right to speak?

This message is for Thoughts from Cali, Harry Reid won in Nevada because he is liar and a cheat. Seiu owns him, if you don't know what Seiu is, maybe you can do your homework and google it rather than shooting off your mouth about Nevada which you know nothing about. How do you think Reid became a millionaire, he states he had a successful law firm in Nevada. LOL! He is from Seachlight Nevada, population 576 people.....Hello.

If you are not aware of who the big corporate empires are and what they are controlling look at the unions that are controlling the downfall of the state of California.

I thought that this was not supposed to be about personalities betty. Do you think that only poor people live in small towns? Wow! That is so not true. And please, as someone who lives in one of the worst states in the Union, please do not put down California. And please stop moving here.

But Betty, if he cheated then you should call for a recount. Go on . . . 'git. What are you waiting for?

And I happen to like "shooting off my mouth" at all your Tea Partiers. It gets you all riled up. Then I can sit back and enjoy the fireworks. Popcorn anyone? No, just me? Ok.

We all should have learned as children to congratulate the victor not harrass the person/team in defeat. If we all followed that rule the world would be a better place.

The reason y people not really listen but pay attention to Palin and the tea party idiots is like someone else said personality politics and the media I call it the Dumbing of America. Many Americans care more about their perception of reality than reality itself. And the people in power want it that way. If we Americans are more concerned with Paris Hilton and Palin climbing some mountain with her family they are less likely to focus on the real issues like unemployment and the economy. Palin is laughing all the way to the bank. As ignorant as she is she was smart enough to get $40 million to run around Alaska taking pics with grizzly bears and talking about tranquility. Oh and remeber girls NO BOYS! Yeah especially u Bristol!! OOPS! Too late!

Betty, when you figure that as a state Nevada only has two municipalities that would be counted as a 'City' anywhere else (Los Vegas and Reno), Searchlight Nevada (population 576 permanent residents) is doing quite well for themselves.

SEIU (Service Employees International Union) 2.2 million members world wide in the Health Care, Public Services, and Property Services career fields. Hate to tell you this but while, Public and Property Services might be the primary employer in Los Vegas and Reno, SEIU is not the POWERHOUSE you image them to be. Unions, in general, no longer control how their members vote (they no longer stand outside the ballot box with clubs to make sure either). Contrary to Republican and Tea Party paranoia, most Union members these days are educated, hard working, independent thinking individuals and they tend to vote for candidates that they approve of rather than voting for who the 'Union Boss' tells them to vote for.

Friends:

I would not be surprised if Senator Murkowski changes to Independent after being abandoned by the Republicans and attached by the TP'ers. I think moderates of both major parties would welcome her even approach and toughness. Good Luck, Lisa!

By the way, why do folks say tea baggers and nut jobs in the same sentence, isn't it the same thing?

Congratulations. I'm glad the people of Alaska chose a moderate and I think that the Senate will benefit from her experience and her toughness.

stacy/seattle...you speak about civility and use a VERY rude gay slur in the same sentence....what is that all about?

wanted to let you know that over 50% of the candidates that Palin supported won election

Another right wing lie

This ain't baseball, Mike.

@Mike R

@logdump

Where I went to school 50% percentile is still an F

Are the same Democrats who voted for Murkowski, to show Palin a thing or two, the same Democrats who support(ed ) Charlie Rangel, who for some reason can't pay his attorney, but can come up with properties here and abroad, via ethics violatons. Murkowski first got her senate seat via appointment by her father Gov. Frank Murkowski, whom Palin defeated. Then, ( now deceased ) Senator Ted Stevens, endorsed (paid for) Lisa Murkowski's first legitimate senate win, when he was having legal problems with home improvements, which the FBI investigated to embarrass his senate run. Stevens supported Murkowski to maintain his long time influence with the US Senate. Attorney General Holder found fault with the way the Justice Department prosecuted Senator Stevens, which is another political shenanigans, and so when Stevens died in the airplane crash, he was again the Alaskan Hero. Lisa Murkowski used Stevens support video, ( though all knew him to be dead ) to sway the write in campaign, because even Alaska Democrats supported Ted Stevens. Alaska Democrats knew they couldn't field a candidate to take the Senate seat, so threw their support behind Murkowski because this would "show" Palin, not everyone drinks tea in Alaska, and show the rest of the country that at least Democrats in Alaska can read and write.

This is quite unlike the Democrats in the rest of the country, who can't seem to find it in their logic to tell Charlie Rangel to sell "one of his properties" to pay off his lawyer. Why don't they just auction off all of the properties Charlie accumulated during his "lack of ethics" episode, and pay down the public debt that he incurred, voting the public debt up. This would be a better use of Democratic pondering than Murkowski vs. Palin. Or are the Democratic Think Tank members, in jail, or currently under investigation, and trying to divert the attention away from prison overcrowding caused by elected officials.

That, dear Steve, is what is called deflection. Read the story again and try to stay on topic, mmkay?

Apparently, the AP, NBC and Lisa Murkowski have declared Murkowski as the winner.

After Florida 2000, I don't believe any "journalists" when it comes to counting votes.

I use the term "journalist" loosely as the AP and NBC "reporters" are not journalists, they are public relations representatives.

Until the officials charged with counting votes certify the results, I think it is quite presumptuous to declare anyone the winner.

Here in CA, there is a close race for Attorney General between Cooley and Harris. The Secretary of State has until 12/10/10 (or 12/3/10) to certify the results. I won't believe anything until that happens.

PS - Notice how I can spell Murkowski and I don't even live in Alaska. I bring this up because I understand that WA law is very specific that the write in votes have to spell the candidate's name correctly and if the name is misspelled, the vote is technically invalid.

correction to post 2.35

PS - Notice how I can spell Murkowski and I don't even live in Alaska. I bring this up because I understand that AK law is very specific that the write in votes have to spell the candidate's name correctly and if the name is misspelled, the vote is technically invalid.

Karen...don't you ever get tired of being wrong?

Great day for the Tea Party. Miller loses to Murkowski and Pelosi becomes House Minority Leader. Got a little indigestion with that tea?

Good thing they're all on Medicare.

But they want the Government out of their Medicare.

If Medicare is good enough for the Tea Partiers (you know, the REAL Americans), it should be good enough for ALL Americans (even us FAKE Americans).

:)

( = > )

Don't tel me, let me guess- it was all the lame-stream media's fault, and nothing more.

That's what caused that volcano in the Phillipines, you know...

And that jet engine coming apart outside Australia...

And the disappearance of leopard frogs from farm ponds...

Hey, drive- by- observer you left out Obama, you know everything down to hang nails, pimples, heartburn,labor pains, floods, hurricanes, etc., is also Obama's fault.

If she feels she can better serve the people of Alaska than Joe (end all government programs) Miller...why shouldn't she run? If the Alaskan electoral process is hijacked by out-of-state teapartymoney and she feels the primary did not properly represent the will of the Alaskan people (obviously it didn't) ...why shouldn't she run? I don't see a sore loser here. I see a candidate that did what she believes in. Good for her.

Kim, Apparently, the voters in Alaska don't agree with you.

Benet, true!

If Lisa Murkowski is a sore loser, what kind of loser does that make Joe Miller?

Lemme see, a conservative beat out an ultra-conservative. Hmmmm... Guess that means the dems and liberals still lose and America wins either way!

You aren't very astute,or you wouldn't ask that question! The difference,since you seem to miss the "big picture" is that Murkowski LOST in the primary.Miller didn't. Therefore,Miller is not the deemed "sore loser". ...and where does Murkowski get off figuring that she can override the will of the people in the primary and act as though she has an entitlement to that senate seat??? Another example of why Washington is never going accomplish anything for the common person. MOST of them think they are ENTITLED to be there... wittness Pelosi,Rangle, and Ted Kennedy,Robert Bird(when they were alive). WAKE UP AMERICA!

She's an arrogant sore loser -

Looks like she is a big winner to me. I believe the arrogant sore loser would be Miller and the teaparty.

Oh for Pete's sake, Eric. I believe the United States is still a democracy, and therefore, it seems reasonable that anyone can run a write-in campaign, whether or not she lost in the primary. Nobody forced the majority of Alaskans to vote for her in the general election, so clearly Murkowski did not "override the will of the people."

Since you object to the term "sore loser," I'll just say it sounds like Miller and his followers are eating sour grapes.

Eric, I'd say you're the one who's not all that astute. It didn't matter what the people in the primary wanted; the will of the people of Alaska is what carries the day. Murkowski didn't override the primary; the people of Alaska did.

Hey Eric....

Lisa Murkowski was ELECTED by Alaskans... That is the WILL of the PEOPLE... LOL LOL LOL!!!

I don't think tea party people understand what a primary is so don't waste your time.

Eric; Since Alaska is predominantly Republican the only difference between the Primary and the General Election is more people come out and the Democrat candidate looses.

In the Primary election 1/3 of the registered Republican's voted for Miller but by the time the General Election rolled around the rest of the state saw that no matter how much they didn't like Murkowski they disliked Palin Jr., even more.

Palin is not very popular in Alaska so Miller would have been better off telling her NOT to support him and put her support behind Murkowski instead.

It was more of the fact that they DIDN'T vote FOR Murkowski, they voted AGAINST Palin.

Hey Eric, you forgot McConnel, Leiberman, McCain, Graham, Baucus, Bunning, Dodd, Hatch, Durbin, Leahy, Lugar, Inhoffe, Kerry, and Thurmond and Helms when they were alive along with a host of others. All political hacks who came to Congress and never left.

@Eric

A primary isn't an election... its a party choosing a date. Lisa Murkowski came to the dance alone and won Belle of the Ball

You aren't very astute,or you wouldn't ask that question! The difference,since you seem to miss the "big picture" is that Murkowski LOST in the primary.Miller didn't.

Yes but your idiot lost to a write in candidate he has to be the sore loser in this since he lost. Basic facts. Tparty people targeted small states who historically have small turnouts in non presidential elections and hit on Republicans who were not doing as well as they should in the polls. Got their little machine working and beat some unsuspecting "victories" and lost most of the ones they sponsored. The rest were just about anybody calling up and saying we are the tparty and we are becking joe blow etc. Now this bunch of knuckle draggers will get to Washington make a fool of themselves and you lose the pot of gold in 2012. So enjoy your ill gotten gains for a while because you are now front and center and in your parties case that is hopelees because you are clueless on how to lead because you cant even follow so you are going to have to get the hell out of the way.

Not that I give a rats behind about this result but I am willing to bet all of you whining about Miller were fit to be tied with the election results in Fla. when Bush beat Mr I invented the Internet Gore!

You mean when the SCOTUS usurped states rights? Bet you loved that activism. I don't give a rats about Miller either, I am proud of Alaska though.

You mean like what the POTUS is doing with Arizona and the immigration laws??? And before you scream that it is the AG pushing this lawsuit who in the hell do you think he answers to?

Hey Dano...

States Rights do apply to all things that are NOT Common amongst STATES... The Constitution says it is a FEDERAL Law....

States don't make or ENFORCE FEDERAL LAWS... Sorry... Go Read it Again!!!

What I am saying Ron is that the Fed is not upholding Federal law so the State is taking matters into its own hands. So with that being said why is it that Obama and his adminstration chooses not to uphold the law? So I guess thanks for making my argument for me!

@Dano-86

Good Bye Joe, back to your igloo

Obama Administration has deported more illegals than President Bush.... where were you when Bush wasn't upholding the law?

Go ahead and cry, and b--ch and moan and sue and everything else.

Take it to your supreme court and let them cry too

And all the while thats going on that will be one less rotten republican to say no in the Senate.

Really... Seems to me she's already pushed the "it's all about me" agenda....

I feel the same way you do, Enlightened, and Murkowski is now 'enlightened' as to who her real and false friends are. I hope it's a lesson that serves to illuminate her way through her new term and the upcoming battles in Congress.

oh kimmy, who's the sore looser? hmmmmm?

Englightened -

So true the "it's all about me" and the "I'm right" agenda is killing this country.

So glad she doesn't suffer from the "It's about me" syndrome. Wake up! She was duly defeated in her parties primary and decided to play spoiler and run as a write in because her pride and her ego were hurt. After all she did inherit the job from daddy.

"who's the sore looser?"

Theresa, what's a "looser"?

All about me syndrone? no,no folks she's not a democrat, it's all about America, YES America.

Actually it was the lazy voters who thought she was a shoo-in in the primary and didn't vote who called and wrote and emailed her to run as a write-in. The whole event woke up the complacent Alaska voters and got them involved. That's a good thing.

So Kim (1871061......) (Add several more numbers on the end of that number and push yourself back a little farther in line.) the expert on "the , it's all about me, agenda" ; who is it supposed to be all about?? Surely, not You!?

She is a RINO.

After all she did inherit the job from daddy.

Guess what thats history she just won an election but not to worry there are plenty of baggers who can console him today.

She will refudiate the election results.

dirlboy

Good post, funny.

Wed 11/17/10

Some very Boring Alaskan History here :

Lisa Murkowski was appointed to the U S Senate by Her Father then Alaska Governor Murkowski after He resigned from the U S Senate. & NO Alaska Resident had the opportunity to Vote for Their Senator.

Later Lisa Murkowski was officially elected as Our Senator.

Then just this past August 2010 Lisa Murkowki was defeated by Joe Miller in the Alaskan Republican Primary Election. ONLY Republicans are allowed to vote in this Primary Election in Alaska.

Lisa Murkowski decided "to Make History" by a Write In Campaign & She WON that write in campaign.

So What does all of that say about Joe Miller, Sarah Palin & The Tea Party ?? & a flood of Outside Mega Bucks

in campaign $$$ ???

Alaskan Voters are Smarter than the ye average Bear & can wade thru all of the B S.

Yes Alaska is a "RED STATE" & the damn Repubicans have been In Charge for the past 30 years.

SPW in Soldotna,Alaska

I wondered the same thing. It was probably a liberal writing that. lol

TTUkid and G's Mom. Mike's comment, "Dang liberals", was SARCASM - or possibly irony - (since you were unable to recognize it for yourself).

G's Mom -

I doubt it was a liberal due to the vernacular used.

It was ironic. Check his comment history.

Hey, we Democrats are really really glad good old Joe Miller LOST.

With Butter??

Yep I agree. They might even follow the law, but I am sure they have a liberal judge that will make up a new law for this one.

Mmmmmm.... Butter

If Lisa intends to caucus with the dems, she ought to officially switch to the dem party.

Fly Navy 1

Even a "taxi-one" is a good landing in Alaska!!!

Dr_Noo

If Lisa intends to caucus with the dems, she ought to officially switch to the dem party.

Lisa is a republican, he father was a republican Governor, she will not caucus with the dems, she will join her party as she did during her last term. i think people forget that Joe Miller was the outsider, not lisa.

As a dem i'm happy she won, I'm happy that the stock of sarah palin is falling like the market did 2 years ago. people in Alaska should be commended for there smart well though votes for Lisa. she is a politican, Joe Miller and sarah palin areNot, and as much as we may not like politicians she know how the game is played and this will in the long term will be better for the good people of alaska.

i saw a story on Yahoo that sarah says she can beat president Obama in 2012, she said this while being interviewed by Barbra Walters. what a joke.

She couldn't even finish a single term as governor without a whole boatload of ethics violations. She abandoned her people. Why would they support her?

Tim from Seattle; I could not have said it better than you. How the people of Alaska could support Caribiou Barbie as their governor is a mystery to me. But then again, look what the great people of Texas have re-elected; Governor good-hair Perry who will probably be Caribiou Barbie's running mate; what a losing ticket and a disgrace to all Americans with a brain (unfortunately not the majority). Congrats to Alaska voters who voted to elect a senator with some common sense.

Wed. 11/17/10

Ya Hit the Nail on the Head here ! I'm a lonely Alaskan Democrat that actually voted for Sarah Palin cuz i made the mistake of believing Her

Yes Sarah Palin has betrayed the Alaskan Voter & She could not get elected Dog Catcher here in Alaska.

Yes Her new T V series, Sarah Palin's Alaska is very good business for Alaska but I wll never Vote for this woman again.

SPW in Soldotna,Alaska

Palin and Miller are prime examples of why I no longer call them "Tea- Bagger's", it's "D-Bagger's"from now on -----thats "D-Bagger's" with a "D"-- as in DOUC*E-BAG.

lovely language...I'm sure your mouth could use some soap....it is hard to want to agree with someone when they speak so rudely....civility might actually make someone with manners and a brain agree with you.

Gosh golly gee willikers, Deb. Perhaps you should be the one raising Palin's daughters....don't forget yer soap.

The Tea-vangelicals believe in term limits don't they? So...basically...flush in, clean things up and then flush out. The "D-Bag" party couldn't be a more appropriate name! You should be proud!

The only person alive who I dislike as much as Sarah Palin is that arrogant assh--e Rick Perry, low-down dirty lying corrupt, Govervor of Texas. I would love it if Sarah Palin runs for president with him as her running mate.

Fact is she never had the influence up there. The Murkowski influence is tops since Stevens is gone. Back when she wanted Stevens endorsement he went to the Murkowski clan to see if it was ok. There is a site up there called mudflats that I visit and the opposition to Palin is more than you might imagine. Most people think her old man is running the show and she is the ppuppet and he is one of those people who wants Alaska to succeed from the union.

The people have to have the guts to tackle it... This was about nothing more than an arrogant woman (and I don't mean Palin) being a very, very poor sport... When it came down to losing - she stood for nothing.

For Kim --Only the Republicans were allowed to vote in the primary -- not Independents or Democrats. The people of Alaska as a whole then had the opportunity to speak either for her or not.

Why do you think she is a loser? Clearly the Alaskans of the other two parties thought differently.

Seattle Lady.....Are you really trying to educate Kim. What I am wondering if she has ever voted since she does not know the meaning of primary.

Kim - I think you are looking in the mirror when talking about sore losers, lol. Politics aside, if you don't like the political candidates the parties select, anyone (even you) can run as a write in. Democracy in action. No conservative, liberal, tea bagger, communist or whatever can take away the fact that the majority of voters in Alaska voted for her against very long odds. She should be congratulated. The fact that you dislike her win so much makes me wonder about your feelings on democracy. Would you rather that only the 'chosen few' that a party nominates should ever be elected?

For the record - I am not a bleeding heart liberal, nor a tea bagger. I just admire the guts to go against a party that abandoned her and beat them at their own game.

Kim,

I don't think you know the definition of primary election or anything else for that matter.

This was about nothing more than an arrogant woman (and I don't mean Palin) being a very, very poor sport... When it came down to losing - she stood for nothing

So Kim I guess you are calling the Alaskans idiots then right? .

Kim is probably Palins potty mouth daughter.

Joe Miller's biggest mistake was handcuffing the reporter that was trying to ask him a question. That was all over TV and I'm sure Alaskans were pretty disgusted with that behavior.

We can hope, but within the Republican caucus I fear she'll be drowned out, as have been the Maine senators. They ought to take their own path that's in the interest of the American people and not just in furtherance of Mitchell's number one priority--to beat President Obama.

YEs she said she agrees with everything Obama wants, sounds like a Republician to me, a RINO anyway. We will see if she is really all for Obama.

and this is good because?

I know I haven't been following Murkowski closely, nor am I a Republican, but in the past I have been aware of the fact, that several times, she has been a thorn in the side of the Democrats, so I hardly see how she has been all for Obama. Varmit: Can you cite specific examples, and overwhelming proof?

Jt patrone, you sound like some idiot school kid who just got the crap beat out of him and then complains because he wasn't beaten worse than he was. Palin helped ignite a movement that is historical and yet you liberals see only the couple of candidates that didn't win and call he a loser. She is far from a loser and I think the a$$ whoopin' you liberals received by the Teaparty/Palin movement shows that. Now that your buddies in Washington have voted to keep Pelosi as leader of your party, you will see another lickin' in another 2 years.

Reply to JT Patrone:

I agree that this is the best evidence yet of "half-term" Gov. Sarah Palin's political impotency, to wit:

If she has no political clout in her home State of Alaska, how can she be taken seriously as a possible Presidential contender in 2012? Prior to this development, the mainstream media today were covering as a major story (on MSN.COM), Ms. Palin's consideration of a 2010 Presidential run. In my opinion, she is emblematic of the disturbing trend in U.S. politics of "celebrity obsessing;" rather than focus on so- called star power (a/k/a "rock star" phenomenon), most of the attention should go to authentic policy debates and the records of hard-working political office holders in the trenches. I find equally troubling the media's present obsession with N.J. Governor Christopher J. Christie (in whose State I reside) who has actually taken a quite "bull-headed" approach to governance - -refusing to compromise with the State teachers' union (NJEA) on federal education monies (Race to the Top) and thus losing those dollars for the State; and most recently, refusing to compromise or negotiate on the funding of a commuter rail tunnel from N.J. to NYC.; he even unsuccessfully challenged a previously negotiated holdiay for State workers, wasting taxpayers' monies. While he may seem to be the "tough guy," standing firm against an "out- of- touch" and runaway government, his record as U.S. Attorney recently revealed that he treated himself very well on many occasions witha record of one of the highest expense account U.S. Atorneys -- staying at some of the most exclusive hotels at taxpayers' expense, e.g., The Four Seasons in Washington, D.C., at over $400 per night when the standard government rate allowed was $220. Nonetheless, today in the Courier-Post, a local South Jersey newspaper, reported how merchandise has been made and sold with Gov. Christie's image on it, e.g., promotional items such as tee shirts, etc.

In short, we need less glitz, less personality cult, less rigidity and more debate on the issues, more pragmatism and more of an independent spirit. A write-in victory for Sen. Murkowski in Alaska and the gubernatorial victory of Independent candidate Lincoln Chafee in Rhode Island are good beginnings. However, what we really need is a bona fide Third Party that can compete across the nation with the entrenched Democrats and Republicans. It can be done and would do much to reduce wasteful government spending, which all too often is granted to sate each entrenced Party's special interest constituencies.

Jim, I think you mean "historic", not "historical". But, at this point, maybe you're right. It does appear that Palin is a historical footnote.

The losses by the Democrats were primarily due to the economy and a frustration with the lack of faster progress on jobs. Picking Palin cost McCain any chance he may have had, and the Tea Party cost the Republicans the senate.

Personally I think Palin and the Tea Party will go down in history as a "Hysterical" footnote.

Jim...thank you for once again proving that Palin supporters are irrelevant name-callers. Man-up, Jim. The Tea-vangelicals cost the Republican Party the Senate. Period.

Poor losers AND poor winners. Seems that Palin supporters are sorry, undeveloped personalities. Miller lost to a WRITE IN in Palin's HOME STATE!!! Ha-ha!! Two slaps in the face...one with the palm and one with the back of the hand! (I guess her slimy little daughters are going to come out and cuss at me now!!)

Please, Jim. Please, please, please run Palin for President!!!!! Please??

What we need is a total change in our election/campaign finance system. Go to www.faircampaignreform.us and get involved in the petition drive to pass the Constitutional amendment to do so. There is also a Term Limit amendment to circulate. We need to get this done before we get any further into the 2012 campaign mode.

Nice comment!!!!!!! Slimy little daughters???? What gives you the right to call someones daughters slimy. How would you like it if someone called your kids slimy? If you don't like Sarah Palin that is one thing and your right but I think you have crossed the line and you say the republicians are name callers!!!!!!!

The only thing I can appreciate about this whole Palin debacle is that Tina Fey will probably come back to SNL for a few cameos.

Jim. I'd like to know what A$$ whoopin you are talking about! You only took the House and we are witnessing the Reps and T-baggers already bickering among themselves. Dems are just gonna sit back and watch ya'll put mud in your own eyes. Kinda sad when reality actually hits. It is gonna be a long 2 years for this Indy. I'm gonna enjoy the entertainment of it though I do forecast absolutely nothing getting done. In fact I am enjoying all the bickering already by reading all the comments. LMAO!!!!!!

I wonder what the excuses will be for T-par-T backed legislators who within six months won't be distinguishable from the old guard in congress? The conservative alliance is determined to undo what has been done ~ which will be next to impossible with Obama holding the veto ~ and other than that, there is no platform for progress on any front. What neither the T-baggers or their acolytes have considered is seniority in congress which is a high ace trump. Those who do not follow the party line will be denied committee membership or placed on a sub-committee that has no significant impact on meaningful legislation. In other words, they may have a job but won't be able to do anything with it. I've watched these "reformers" for more than 50 years ~ and nothing has changed, just faces of new "reformers." This bunch will be no different, mores the pity.

ckmurf.......Apparently you missed what the daughters have been posting lately. If they are big enough to use that kind of language, then they are big enough to be called slimy. I have to hand it to Sarah...it does take an effort to teach your children to speak ghetto-trash in a land not commonly known for it's ghettos...

It has nothing to do with the fact that they are Sarah's daughters. They're slimy on their own. They just so happen to also have a slimy mother that endorses slimy candidates for the Senate. Coincidence????

To to tell the truth, after watching that Sarah Palin progeny, Bristol Palin, I dislike her just as much as I do her mother. She has the same delusional arrogant attributes as her mother. Just as Sarah Palin thinks she is qualified to be POTUS, Bristol thinks she, after consistently recieving the bottom scores each week, deserves to win the trophy on DWTS.

Even though the teabaggers are all over the place on face book giving other teabaggers instructions on how to stuff the ballot box for Bristol to win on DWTS, she says she receives the votes because the public loves her because she is the young inexperienced vulnerable underdog and the teabaggers have nothing to do with the votes for her to still be in competition on DWTS . She actually said it with a straight face. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Neither Sarah nor her progeny has any shame.

nd I think the a$$ whoopin' you liberals received by the Teaparty/Palin movement

Another ignorant comment from some clown who has no clue. In the analysys of the election a ,ot of the seats that were won were win backs from 2006 in districts where Democrats only win in Presidential elections. The tparty had few candidates and just as many lost as won. In any presidents term in the first election after they take office with 10% unemployment and a lingering economy the ruling party is expected to lose 40 to 50 seats in the house and the Senate to flip. All Republicans got this time was the booby prize. 2/3 of this branch of government are controlled by Democrats and they have the veto that you are powerless to overturn.