Perhaps the biggest news in yesterday's primaries was the influence of a person who wasn't even on the ballot in any of the states holding primaries yesterday. That would be former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. She stood behind her running mate, Sen. John McCain, who handily turned back a challenge from conservative former U.S. Rep. J.D. Hayworth, a candidate supported by the tea party movement. In her home state of Alaska, Palin backed a tea party activist, Joe Miller, against incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski. With 84% of the votes counted, Miller is upsetting Murkowski. Miller is clinging to a narrow 2,500 vote lead. The race may not be decided for some time as absentee voting results are awaited. Murkowski had been the heavy favorite to win. Palin also waded into a tight race for the Republican nomination for Attorney General in Florida. She endorsed Pamela Bondi, who defeated Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp.
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Too bad he fights like Dan and looks like Marilyn.
Nothing like the aristocratic inherited right to rule we find in America.
We need parliamentary government.
I am wondering whether each of the primary winners, was also the better funded campaigner.
What I simply don't understand is why Ben denied blogging on dirtyscottsdale.com to begin with. My response would've been, "I blog. Who cares? If I offended anyone with my posts, I'm sorry. I won't have any time to offend anyone with blog posts when I'm a congressman because I'll be working hard for the voters of my district. Thank you."
Seriously, with U-6 unemployment in Arizona at a staggering 18.5%, there's more to worry about than some foolish blog posts.
Yeah, I agree, Carlos. He wasn't exactly blindsided by the allegation. Would-be politicians need to tread lightly when kicking old friends to the curb. They can really come back to bite you as obviously occurred in this case. Ben should have admitted it and shrugged it off, although I don't think it works as well for conservatives like Ben who do that compared to Obama's admission that he was a burn out drug user when he was in college. The media treats conservative candidates much more harshly for their past transgressions than they do liberal candidates.
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