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GOP confronts sore-loser syndrome
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| Last Edited | COSDem Sep 21, 2010 11:48pm |
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| News Date | Wednesday, September 22, 2010 05:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s decision to run for reelection as a write-in candidate has been greeted by conservative activists as the latest outrage in an ongoing struggle between establishment Republicans and the GOP’s activist base.
Murkowski’s move ends the 2010 primary season about where it started: With a Republican legislator, well regarded within the Beltway, effectively bolting the party to look after their own fortunes.
In the spring of 2009, it was Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter switching to the Democratic caucus in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to get reelected. Now, it’s Murkowski making a long-shot effort to win another term despite losing a Republican primary.
For conservative activists, portrayed throughout the cycle as a disruptive force within the GOP, the episode revives a familiar complaint: That it’s actually establishment pols who have consistently undermined efforts to unify the GOP after primary voters have spoken.
The sore-loser syndrome goes back, most memorably, to 2009, when moderate Republican Dede Scozzafava dropped out of an upstate New York congressional election and backed Democrat Bill Owens over ascendant Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman. |
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