It's Miller Time... Alaska's Endless Race
I believe it was the great Louis Jordan who popularized the question: "is you is or is you ain't?"...
Of course, the American music pioneer was asking his "baby."
We'll I'd like to put the question to Joe Miller.
Is you is or is you ain't.... done yet?
He's no longer standing in the way of her taking a seat in the new Congress..... but he's not quite giving up his quest to wrest said seat from Lisa Murkowski.
Nine weeks after the 9/10 elections, the Alaska senate candidate who lost to Murkowski in a historic write-in campaign says he will stop trying to block her re-election from being certified.
He narrowly defeated her in the Republican primary, but she wasn't quite done yet and launched the write-in.
It's the end of the line in state court, but it's still Miller Time in Alaska, the Last Frontier.
The Tea Party-endorsed Miller says he will go ahead with a federal suit he filed last month challenging the write-in results.
"The integrity of the election is vital and ultimately the rule of law must be our standard. Nevertheless, I have also decided to withdraw our opposition to the certification of the election, ensuring that Alaska will have its full delegation seated when the 112th Congress convenes next month," Miller said on his Web site. "This decision will allow Alaskans to focus on bringing fairness and transparency to our elections process without distraction of the certification issue."
And sooo, the longest-running Senate race in U.S. history continues.
(Updated: 1/5/11 -- Miller finally ended it on the last day of the old year.)
Of course, the American music pioneer was asking his "baby."
We'll I'd like to put the question to Joe Miller.
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| Alaska Range enroute to Denali by marmota |
He's no longer standing in the way of her taking a seat in the new Congress..... but he's not quite giving up his quest to wrest said seat from Lisa Murkowski.
Nine weeks after the 9/10 elections, the Alaska senate candidate who lost to Murkowski in a historic write-in campaign says he will stop trying to block her re-election from being certified.
He narrowly defeated her in the Republican primary, but she wasn't quite done yet and launched the write-in.
It's the end of the line in state court, but it's still Miller Time in Alaska, the Last Frontier.
The Tea Party-endorsed Miller says he will go ahead with a federal suit he filed last month challenging the write-in results.
"The integrity of the election is vital and ultimately the rule of law must be our standard. Nevertheless, I have also decided to withdraw our opposition to the certification of the election, ensuring that Alaska will have its full delegation seated when the 112th Congress convenes next month," Miller said on his Web site. "This decision will allow Alaskans to focus on bringing fairness and transparency to our elections process without distraction of the certification issue."
And sooo, the longest-running Senate race in U.S. history continues.
(Updated: 1/5/11 -- Miller finally ended it on the last day of the old year.)
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