Sarah Palin Embarrassed In Alaska

Geez, what kind of a world are we living in when the Tea Party candidate backed by the popular former governor can only manage a razor-thin margin which may not hold up?

From CNN:  TRENDING: Palin also a big winner Tuesday

Comments

[Clarice]

Don't get cocky--there are still something like 17k absentee ballots to be counted. Still, a lot of pundits which they could erase the crap they wrote yesterday.

[Clarice]

**WISH they could erase****

[windansea]

I love the smell of pundits burning in the morning.

[Jim Ryan]

Someone said yesterday that it looks like CNN may be trying to save its ass by switching to a strategy of reporting the facts.

[Thomas Collins]

Even if the Murkowski clan's friends pull it out for Lisa, I'd still say this is quite a tribute to Sarah Barracuda's savvy and power.

[Clarice]

Do you think Miller has as good a chance in the general election as Murkowski? My husband follows Alaska politics and doesn't think so.

[centralcal]

Jim: re: CNN and facts - clearly you have never watched Rick Sanchez and Jessica Yellin. They are on during my lunch hour. When I can no longer tolerate another minute of Shep, I click over to CNN. Only last about 30 seconds there.

CNN's ratings are really, really bad.

[Jane]

The Slate article is among the very best things to happen this election. What a crop of morons the MSM is. Better still, the people have figured it out.

Clarice, we are seeing anything but politics as usual. More republicans went out to vote in Florida yesterday than since 1928, and Rubio was basically uncontested. And the polls got it wrong in Florida, Alaska and AZ (Quayle) so I'd say all bets are off at this point.

[Danube of Thought]

One can only hope that the two ladies are being inundated with ridicule at the moment

How about that guy down in FL who upset McCollum?

[DebinNC]

Treacher's gotcha at the end of Slate's Dave Weigel defending Slate's Alexandra Gutierrez with "probably everybody got it wrong"...without Weigel mentioning that (see Treacher's bottom link) Guttierrez is his girlfriend is too delicious.

And daddy, according to that June link she's been hired to work in a radio station in Alaska.

[narciso]

They might inadvertently back into the facts, but that's more a "bug than a feature"

[anduril]

For Jane's convenience, here's a link to the Sibel Edmonds thread, so we can continue here.

[Elliott]

TRENDING: Palin also a big winner Tuesday

It may be a few days before we see the first stories suggesting Palin has alienated her populist supporters by endorsing an Ivy leaguer.

[Clarice]

Something like that Elliott.

One of the reasons I find it hard to discuss politics with those who still rely solely on conventional media sources, is they are so information deprived we inhabit different universes.

[pagar]

"Someone said yesterday that it looks like CNN may be trying to save its ass by switching to a strategy of reporting the facts."

I can't believe that the management of CNN wants any facts reported, nor do I believe that CNN would retain any of their present viewers if they reported the facts.

[Sue]

I tell you what, if Republicans regain power and blow it again, I'll scream all the way to DC. Or something.

[jimmyk]

there are still something like 17k absentee ballots to be counted

Well, we know at least one of those is for Miller (right, daddy?).

[anduril]

Elliott, as a Latinist, you may wish to view this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYewkFKPPhs

or at least sample it.

[centralcal]

OMG. Dan Riehl is posting that Major Garrett is leaving Fox News for National Journal, as a Congressional Correspondent.

WTF????

[Mike Huggins]

(Sorry for the OT - but if there are any Crittenden fans here, he's calling it quits for his blog Forward Movement - now back to your regularly scheduled CNN programming...)

[Sue]

Is National Journal a liberal site?

[centralcal]

The Politico story with the announcement by Major Garrett.

[centralcal]

Pretty much Sue. Ron Fournier is the head honcho over there. They have been aggressively hiring - have taken several from Politico, I believe.

Supposedly, Major is returning to his "print" journalism roots.

[Mike Huggins]

(yeesh - that could be real embarrassing - this is the better link here: http://www.julescrittenden.com/2010/08/23/end-of-combative-operations/)

[bunky]

Look at the total repub vs dem voters in Alaska primary. Eventual elephant nominee wins.

[Comanche Voter]

We'll see how it all shakes out in these races. But the one indisputable fact is that the voter natives are damned restless. Incumbents of all stripes need to know "Ask not for whom the jungle drum tolls, it tolls for thee." So a smart pundit should know to STFU until the last vote is counted. I don't doubt that Palin can sprinkle pixy dust on many a campaign, but even she is not going to be 100% successful in her choices.

[Jane]

love Crittendon, thanks for letting me know.

Who will replace Major I wonder. WEndell?

[Clarice]

Update..Fox says only 7600 votes yet to be counted in Alaska,

[centralcal]

Wendell and Mike Emmanuel will both replace Major, for now.

Sue: A list of Major's new work mates (they just recently hired Matt Cooper - YES, that Matt Cooper!!!!!)

Garrett joins National Journal Group as the result of a nationwide talent search that has been underway throughout the summer. In the last several weeks, National Journal Group has added several talented writers, editors, and analysts, including veteran magazine writer and editor Matt Cooper, political analyst Matthew Dowd, The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder, USA Today's Aamer Madhani, the Wall Street Journal's Yochi Dreazen, Sue Davis, and Fawn Johnson, Politico's Josh Kraushaar, Coral Davenport, and Tim Alberta, the Tribune Washington Bureau's Jim Tankersley, Campaigns and Elections' Jeremy Jacobs, Modern Healthcare's Matt Dobias, and more. Further announcements will be coming in the next days and weeks. National Journal Group, which includes premium publications such as National Journal, CongressDaily, Hotline, The Almanac of American Politics, and Global Security Newswire, is undergoing a transformation that will build upon its reputation for intelligence and depth, infusing it with currency and speed.

[PD]

Is Pelosi calling for an investigation into who's funding National Journal?

[Clarice]

CC--That must have been some"talent search".

[narciso]

Ambinder, Dreazin, who never fails to stuff a voodoo pin into any American military effort,
hope Major wears a decontamination suit

[centralcal]

No kidding, Clarice. About a week ago they announced the hire of Matt Cooper and I could only snicker at his "talent." Mark Ambinder - ditto.

They must be paying Major some really, really big bucks.

[centralcal]

My memory is rusty, but didn't Fournier and Dowd try to launch a Poltiico style web venture after the Kerry/Bush election? It completely bombed. Looks like they are reunited.

[Jane]

I just secured the Sturbridge Common for a Tea party on October 9th. It will also be a JOM get together. I insist you all come - especially you local people. Now I have to figure out how to do it!

[Jack is Back!]

Major leaving as the top rated cable news WH correspondent for a mostly inside the beltway political journal as a Congressional correspondent!? Wow! You know what this means?

I take it that in a normal political climate it was like a down grade but I think it tells us something we probably already knew - Obama is passe, gone, nowhere man and Congress is going Red all over and after November that's where all the action will be. Major is a smart guy and he sees where we are headed. I just pray that NJ allows him some room to swing the cat and keeps those other idiots out of his karma.

[Clarice]

At NRO Geraghty discusses Trende's prediction that the Reps will pick up 12 seats in the Senate.

[anduril]

Is National Journal a liberal site?

WTF? Look at it and judge for yourself. Unbelievable.

[Jack is Back!]

One other thing. Palin endorsed McCain not Hayward. I just wonder how the MFM will spin that?

[Danube of Thought]

Ain't this a great lead?

An economist who advised Democrats on the $787 billion stimulus has increased his prediction of the odds of the economy entering a double-dip recession. Mark Zandi, the chief economist of Moody’s Analytics, pegged the chances of a second recession at one in three.

[Jane]

She was his running mate, she had no choice. And McCain beats Haywood on spending which is a huge issue.

[bunky]

National Journal and Matt Cooper: both soon to be unread. What a shame.

[Pofarmer]

Jane, you are quite a lady.

[Pofarmer]

Jane, you are quite a lady.

[Clarice]

DoT--Oh, to be an expert!

Maybe if we hung them from the streetlights when they are proved wrong....Just saying....

[Jane]

Awww Po - does that mean you are coming to MA?
You really should!

[Melinda Romanoff]

DoT-

Zandi provides more cover for Dem math than any other economist, except Blinder and Goolsbee. Remember the clarity of the McCain Presidential campaign's Economic platform?

Zandi wrote it. All mud and taxes.

I can't use enough salt for his mild mannered pap which he calls his prognostications.

But I might be biased.

[Clarice]

How's Mrs. Mel, today?

[PD]

One other thing. Palin endorsed McCain not Hayward. I just wonder how the MFM will spin that?

"Afraid to take risk, Palin endorses sure thing."

[Melinda Romanoff]

Oh, and anybody else hearing about these shennanigans down in the Gulf, in the dark?

[Terry Gain]

She was his running mate, she had no choice. And McCain beats Haywood on spending which is a huge issue.

How is that relevant to whether she had a positive impact?

[Pofarmer]

Awww Po - does that mean you are coming to MA?
You really should!

It'd be awesome,but, we have this thing called Harvest coming up.

[Melinda Romanoff]

Clarice-

Exhausted and sore, which is better than yesterday's "high as a kite".

So, I'm hoping today is going to be the low water mark.

Thanks for asking.

And for everyone's prayers. They're working.

[Clarice]

Mel:
"cienceDaily (Aug. 24, 2010) — In the aftermath of the explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, a dispersed oil plume was formed at a depth between 3,600 and 4,000 feet and extending some 10 miles out from the wellhead. An intensive study by scientists with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) found that microbial activity, spearheaded by a new and unclassified species, degrades oil much faster than anticipated. This degradation appears to take place without a significant level of oxygen depletion.

"Our findings show that the influx of oil profoundly altered the microbial community by significantly stimulating deep-sea psychrophilic (cold temperature) gamma-proteobacteria that are closely related to known petroleum-degrading microbes," says Terry Hazen, a microbial ecologist with Berkeley Lab's Earth Sciences Division and principal investigator with the Energy Biosciences Institute, who led this study. "This enrichment of psychrophilic petroleum degraders with their rapid oil biodegradation rates appears to be one of the major mechanisms behind the rapid decline of the deepwater dispersed oil plume that has been observed."

The uncontrolled oil blowout in the Gulf of Mexico from BP's deepwater well was the deepest and one of the largest oil leaks in history. The extreme depths in the water column and the magnitude of this event posed a great many questions. In addition, to prevent large amounts of the highly flammable Gulf light crude from reaching the surface, BP deployed an unprecedented quantity of the commercial oil dispersant COREXIT 9500 at the wellhead, creating a plume of micron-sized petroleum particles. Although the environmental effects of COREXIT have been studied in surface water applications for more than a decade, its potential impact and effectiveness in the deep waters of the Gulf marine ecosystem were unknown."

[Jane]

You got mine too Mel, altho I'm sort of in the dark as to what for, but I can imagine.

Terry, it was relevant for why she did it. I assume there was a positive impact but what do I know?

[centralcal]

Great, Mel - we'll keep them coming (the prayers).

[Porchlight]

Tweet from Larry Sabato (3 hours ago):

just talked to some solid Alaska sources. They do not think there is any realistic chance Lisa Murkowski can make up the votes she needs.

[Porchlight]

Prayers and best wishes to Mrs. Mel. Sorry to be out of the loop, Mel - been out of town for a few days.

[centralcal]

Ace just posted a quip from Larry Sabato who claims to have talked to some solid Alaska sources saying there isn't any realistic chance Murkowski can pull it out.

[centralcal]

oops - Porchlight is back and beat me already! grin.

[centralcal]

Well a new comedy show will be airing on Tuesday at 8 pm. Looks like Obamalama is going to do another Oval Office presentation on the Iraq war.

The lefty media almost collapsed in a collective faint after his last much ballyhooed attempt at an O.O. speech.

[Porchlight]

Happens to me all the time, centralcal! It's funny b/c you saw the Sabato tweet at Ace's, and I saw it in the comments at HotAir. Good news travels fast. :)

Can anyone point me to some deliciously snarky coverage of this Slate/Weigel/Gutierrez thing? I know about the Slate article from 8/23 but I'm wondering where to find new stuff today.

[Clarice]

porcch--it's from Jim Treacher--there's a link at Insty.

[Melinda Romanoff]

Clarice-

The article I linked to cites credible witnesses to continued nocturnal dispersant release, by hired guns with no experience in the matter.

And they're using a nastier dispersant than the 9500.

The chemist didn't know whether it was BP, or the FFeds doing the "night work".

I usually scoff at the "black helicopter" stuff but the dishonesty at 1600 makes me think twice.

I'll just continue to read about it on the fringe sites, I suppose.

[Clarice]

Ras Obama -20 today.

[Melinda Romanoff]

Thanks to c-cal, Jane and Porch.

Much appreciated.

(Jane- There was a hysterctomy in the family.)

[centralcal]

Porch - follow Clarice's lead to Jim Treacher. Apparently Gutierrez was a "girlfriend" of Weigels at one time.

[Porchlight]

Thanks Clarice!

[narciso]

Gutierrez all of a sudden discovered a whole series of facts she 'should have been made aware of yesterday, in the update

[Porchlight]

Sure, like the fact that the election hadn't yet happened when she declared it an embarrassing defeat for Palin.

LOL. Good stuff - thanks for the heads up.

[Extraneus]

Here, Porch.

[Captain Hate]

Weigel mentioning that (see Treacher's bottom link) Guttierrez is his girlfriend is too delicious.

Weigel finding a woman that wouldn't immediately get a restraining order against him is surprising enough; not to mention purportedly enjoying being with him.

[Danube of Thought]

Hoping for the very best for your lady, Mel.

[DrJ]

one of his samples actually exploded during testing due - he believes - to the presence of methane gas or Corexit, the dispersant that BP has been using in the Gulf:

I wouldn't put too much stock in this, as the explanation is nonsense. The amount of methane contained in a surface-water sample is negligible, and surfactants (like Corexit) do not release gas when contacted with what only was described as "an organic solvent," unless there are some really, really weird additives.

The reported levels of oil are pretty low, and without digging more into the composition, the number is worthless anyway. I'd bet you get that much oil (50 to 200 ppm) in a southern swimming pool from sun tan lotions.

[Dave (in MA)]

DNC spokesman on ABC discussing the Alaskan primary is unable to name the D's candidate - http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/08/dnc-spokesman-cant-name-alaska.html>(link)

[Clarice]

Capt..Weigel is here and she just left for Alaska..

[Frau Steingehirn]

"They do not think there is any realistic chance Lisa Murkowski can make up the votes she needs."

'Cause there's no magic *D* after her name. It took three times, lots of drawer opening and a judge to get Gregoire enough votes in WA.

[Captain Hate]

Weigel is here and she just left for Alaska.

No wonder they're an item; multiple time zones could do that.

Btw, did McVain show any appreciation to Palin for her support?

[centralcal]

Sooo . . . A guy asks his cabbie if he is a Muslim before stabbing him and saying, " “Assalamu Alaikum. Consider this a checkpoint"

So, let us guess WHO the guy is? Per Politico:

The alleged assailant, Michael Enright, is — according to his Facebook profile and the website of the left-leaning media organization Intersections International — a student at the School of Visual Arts and a volunteer for Intersections, which recently produced a statement of support for the Park51 project, and is funded by the mainstream, liberal Collegiate Church of New York.

Oh dangit! The lefty media will have to stop covering this incident now!

[Clarice]

You beat me to it, CC..
Amazing, no?

[narciso]

We shoudl have learned from that toxic stew of chemicals after Katrina, that was going to
stay in the water and create mutant fish of something, Don't the folks at the Oil Drum, seem stupid, right about now, I forgot they
feel shame

[Captain Hate]

Tammy Bruce is reporting that Daniel Pearl's father, contrary to what mayor Bloomberg stated, is opposed to the GZM.

[cathyf]

Our newsbreaks on the local radio station are ABC news, which seems to be a pretty reliable indicator of the pulse of the lamest of the LSM. They described it as a tremendous victory for Palin and for the Tea Party whether Miller wins or almost wins.

[Frau Schiessgewehr]

OYT- From Instapundit comes the news that the EPA is working on banning traditional ammunition. You just can't rest for a minute, can you? Every morning I wake up and ask myself what this administration will have done to further ruin our country.
LUN

[Frau Schiessgewehr]

OYT- = OY! OT-

[Captain Hate]

NBC on Alaska: Anger trumps accomplishments.

November can't come soon enough.

[Rob Crawford]

So, let us guess WHO the guy is? Per Politico:

My WAG? He wanted to create an incident, a hate crime, so he committed one himself. However he got caught, it was either chance or ignorance (didn't realize there was a camera in the cab, etc.), right?

Ugh... made the mistake of reading the NYT article on that, centralcal. No mention of Enright's school or political leanings, just that he appeared to be drunk. The commentors are going berserk blaming everyone they can think of on the right.

[Rob Crawford]

From Instapundit comes the news that the EPA is working on banning traditional ammunition.

Time to make sure the government defunds groups like the "Center for Biological Diversity", and long past time for a massive house-cleaning of the non-profit sector.

[centralcal]

Calling all body language experts . . .

Bill is angrily (?) shaking his finger at Hilary, who is angrily (?) shaking her finger at him . . . . the media version . . . they are dancing the night away at his birthday party in the Hamptons.

Scroll down for the picture - it's a doozie! LMAO

[Dave (in MA)]

Traditional ammo?
Musket balls?

[Rob Crawford]

Traditional ammo?
Musket balls?

Lead. Possibly copper, too.

[daddy]

Yay!

Carp---gotta' go to work.

[Janet]

Traditional ammo?

Maybe whatever young David had in his slingshot.

[matt]

Frau;

attached is my comment on the proposed ban left on their comments page. Thanks for the tip-off.

Our company has significant experience in the ill effects of the lead ban in electronics devices, where the cost of alternatives, both economically and environmentally, is far higher than that of using lead, which has been in safe use for 2,000+ years.

In addition, lead free electronic devices have a much greater failure rate than those using conventional eutectic (63/37) solder, which will contribute to much greater use of the substitute materials, further damaging the environment and filling landfills.

This is just another attempt to ban bullets. Here in lovely Kalifornia, Reichsfuehrer Schwarzenegger signed a bill to limit ammunition sales to 50 rounds per purchase, with photo ID and a fingerprint required, to begin early next year.

Basically, the politicians and bureaucrats are doing their best to subvert the 2nd Amendment and the potential for any opposition to their new fascist system.

Having passed through O'Hare TSA his morning, I am still ticked off.

"Dear Sirs;

I read of the recent proposal to ban any lead containing materials in ammunition for small arms and would like to express our company's opposition to this proposal.

Having seen the effect of a ban on lead in the electronics industry, to whom our company is a significant supplier, we have seen that the alternatives are environmentally more damaging than the existing solutions.

Materials such as Bismuth, Silver, etc. have a far greater negative environmental impact when mined and processed which clearly outweighs any environmental benefit derived from the banning of lead in the application described.

Further, there is little if any data documenting a negative long term environmental effect on flora and fauna from the use of lead in the application. Recent and existing regulations already ensure the general good of the public and environment.

Sincerely;

XXXX

[Rob Crawford]

And, ya know, I really don't have room in the budget for another case of ammo.

[Frau Schiessgewehr]

ccal- Bent Willie's finger still gives me the willies...

[Sue]

How much fun is it to watch candidates run using Obama the way Obama and democrats used Bush? Karma.

[Stephanie]

Wide load ...

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_DawJTCHuL3c/THUSOhfBMNI/AAAAAAAAG14/TAxzAcgubxY/s1600-h/srr5%5B4%5D.jpg

[PD]

More Summer of Recovery news from WaPo:

Sales of newly built homes dropped to their lowest level since the government started tracking the numbers more than four decades ago, with demand for home purchases down in all four regions of the country.

The hits just keep comin'.

[Captain Hate]

Has anybody identified the deserted island where Michael Steele is being sequestered?