November 17, 2010
By Yereth Rosen
Anchorage - Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski (click here) Wednesday became the first U.S. senator in more than 50 years to win an election with a write-in campaign as she established an unassailable lead over conservative Tea Party movement favorite Joe Miller.
The result of the last undecided Senate race of the November 2 congressional elections does not alter the makeup of the chamber, where Republicans picked up six seats but the Democrats retained their majority.
Murkowski had a lead of about 10,000 votes with only 752 ballots left to be counted, a state election official said on Wednesday. According to the latest figures from the state’s division of elections, Murkowski has 100,868 votes to Miller’s 90,468....
I thank her for her statements about the impeachment of the president. She stated basically, "...McConnell's statement...only confuses the process further..."
To begin with, this statement appears to be said on December 25th. That surprises me. She must have felt some pressure to make her statements if it occurred on this particular holiday. I would not expect that at all.
December 25, 2019
By Katie Mettler and Diana Paul
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) — a key potential Republican swing vote (click here) — told an Anchorage TV station that she was “disturbed” by the Senate majority leader’s statement last week that the verdict in President Trump’s upcoming impeachment trial was already determined....
...The majority leader also promised “total coordination” with the White House and Trump’s defense team.
Murkowski told NBC affiliate KTUU that she believes there should be distance between the Senate, which will serve as the jury for Trump’s impeachment trial, and the White House. McConnell’s comments, she said, have “further confused the process.”
“To me, it means we have to take that step back from being hand in glove with the defense,” Murkowski said...
I consider Senator Murkowski a very special circumstance in her 2010 election. The Republicans took many seats across the spectrum of government that year. To the surprise of the people, many Republicans were primaried that year and replaced with extremists. This occurred in 2010 because the right-wing media lied and deceived Americans about the Affordable Care Act. Nearly a decade later Americans are fully aware of the important impact of any aspect of the ACA. At the time in 2010, the Republicans successfully frightened Americans about losing their doctors and quality care. Somehow the fear in Alaska ran so deep it unseated Senator Murkowski in a primary.
She decided she could serve Alaska better than any other candidate for Senator.
She didn't receive big money from the Republican Party or other prominent Republican donors, but, she proved to be a better candidate for the people of Alaska. Perhaps, it is because she didn't receive big money, but, instead appealed to the "good common sense" of Alaskans that she was re-elected to her Senate seat.
Kindly realize there is no way she should have won that seat if one believes money buys power within the USA government. I find that more interesting today than ever before.
Senator Murkowski answers, without reservation to powerful special interests, to the Alaskan people. When she realized the level of corruption within the words of McConnell, the Republican leader in the US Senate, she felt strongly enough about it to speak about it. She did so on Christmas when people feel deeply about their faith, truth and morality.
She is not making a statement about her vote in any impeachment hearing. She is stating clearly the predetermined outcome of the impeachment hearing is very corrupt (my words, not hers). One of the articles is abuse of power which lends itself to corruption. The other article is the obstruction of Congress. How is the USA Constitution supposed to be protected from corruption if the Congress is not allowed to operate freely in obtaining all necessary information?
The US Senate has to realize the degree of which the US Constitution is compromised under this president. There is no information provided to the US House in order to prevent corruption by the president or any of his staff. The president is prohibiting DISCOVERY. In the Special Counsel's report, it was information obtained that carried forth successful prosecution of many close to Donald J. Trump in his campaign, inaugural funding and as president. The information the US House was pursuing was vital to determine the brevity of circumstances impacting the US Constitution. Now, Americans just don't know if their US Constitution is safe.
I and others have stated over and over the impeachment of Donald J. Trump is not political, it is about the US Constitution. I thank Senator Murkowski for placing the US Constitution first. I am confident the people of Alaska are proud of her clear priorities and honesty. I am grateful at this point in time and history, she fought for her place in the US Senate in 2010. Her voice is just that important.
