As Predicted, Lisa Murkowski Exploiting Senate Republicans' Boneheaded Decision to Maintain her Seniority on Senate Committee

In a post two days ago I noted with incredulity that Washington Republicans had allowed Lisa Murkwski Murkowski to keep her seniority as ranking member on the Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee. At the time I explained how this was effectively a thumb in the eye of Republican nominee Joe Miller since Murkowski would surely spin this inexplicable decision to her advantage in her campaign against the Republican candidate:Murky's only selling point to Alaska voters is that her seniority on the committee allows her to continue bringing home the pork. By allowing her to keep her position as ranking Republican on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, she can (and will) continue to make this argument to voters.If Senate Republicans had done the right thing and stripped her of her seniority, the only justification she has (pathetic though it may be) for her write-in campaign would no longer exist.[...]By their inaction, Senate Republicans are assisting the campaign of a senator who is running against the Republican nominee and further infuriating their base.Sure enough, Murkowski is doing just that. Via Michael O'Brien at The Hill:Republican senators opted not to oust Sen. Lisa Murkowski from a top committee post because they believe she has a shot at winning reelection, Murkowski said.Murkowski, a GOP senator from Alaska who decided to pursue an independent write-in bid for reelection after losing her Republican Senate primary, said that her colleagues' decision to allow her to keep her position as ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee was an "affirmation."Murkowski said Republican senators "recognize, 'You know what? Lisa might be a risk-taker, but she's got a real shot at coming back here, and it only makes good sense that we would not want to be so punitive that she would be discouraged by the actions of her colleagues,' " she said in a Q-and-A with Time magazine published Friday.If Republicans do take back the Senate in November, it will be in spite of the morons in Washington, not because of them. If an ordinary barbarian from Ohio could see this coming, why not the deep thinkers in the GOP establishment? I wouldn't give a dime to these inept fools. All donations should go to SarahPac, Take Back the 20, or directly to the candidate you're supporting (in this case Joe Miller).Related: One of the Tea Party Groups, Let Freedom Ring, has produced a hilarious Murkowski radio spot. Click here to listen.(h/t Mel)

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