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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFacing Twice The Hostility For Half The Credit.
I know these women are not Democrats. But they are patriots.
Link to tweet
I would support them in an Independent run. But I hope they join us under the Big Tent.
Skittles
(153,413 posts)same old, same old
VermontKevin
(1,473 posts)Skittles
(153,413 posts)don't even get me started
VermontKevin
(1,473 posts)I have been a long time poster on other more welcoming boards to PoC.
dsc
(52,187 posts)VermontKevin
(1,473 posts)dsc
(52,187 posts)She couldn't run as an independent without write in due to a sore loser law so she ran as one with a write in. She did make clear she would caucus with the GOP and is calling herself a Republican now.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Alaska,_2010
janx
(24,128 posts)Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)My guess is that Collins and Murkowski were considered to be lost causes from Day One, but McCain's vote for the motion to proceed made them think he'd go along with the bill. Having one's expectations disappointed always leads to more anger.
Plus, of course, they've hated McCain for years -- not that any of them are Collins or Murkowski fans, but neither of them has come in for the sustained venom directed at McCain.
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