You and others, especially a couple of the more obnoxious RedState posters, push this meme about her going back on “her word.” Lisa was asked, begged really, by practically everybody who was anybody in Alaska business and politics to run a write-in campaign. Alaska had a “coyote” morning when it woke up and saw that it had nominated Joe Miller and it proceded to try to knaw its arm off rather than wake him up. I don’t know what I would have done if she’d actually run as a libertarian or some other Third Party since I detest Third Party campaigns and have only seen them elect Democrats by siphoning of conservatives who should know better. We endured eight years of a liberal Democrat as governor here because the same basic groups that supported Joe Miller decided the Republican nominee, and Anchorage businessman, wasn’t a “true conservative,” so they put up a Third Party “true conservative” and handed the election to the Democrats. If the Alaska Ds had been able to get their act together and put up anyone with Statewide name ID, Alaska, once completely Red would have had two Democrat senators and a State Senate controlled by a Democrat-led coaltion. And we can mostly thank Sarah Palin and her friends for that.
Unfortunately, Lisa took support from Native Corporations and organized labor that may well come at a very high price. They’re going to expect some return on their investment and some would be OK with the electorate but too much support for either the Corps or labor will seriously hurt her with the Republican base here.
Even though it has long been a reliably Republican state, Alaska is not a conservative state; it is far more libertarian and there are a lot more bars and whorehouses than churches. Both Palin and Miller however do come from the Interior, roaded area of the State where there is a significant SoCon presence. A generally dull, largely uncontested primary ballot also had a parental notice initiative on it that got the SoCons out in droves, which fact accounts for Miller’s narrow victory in the Primary – and it was a very narrow victory, about 2K votes. Interestingly, outside Anchorage proper, mostly carried by Lisa, Miller carried every district connected to the Continental road system and Lisa carried every district accessible only by air or water.
