She's consistently shown herself to be very conservative, just not MAGA-aligned and unafraid to piss off their base due to her write-in win a while back.
I don't see any serious possibility of getting her to caucus with us. She genuinely disagrees with us ideologically. Maybe if we had a more common parliamentary system we could get her to do something like confidence and supply...
She's consistently shown herself to be very conservative, just not MAGA-aligned and unafraid to piss off their base due to her write-in win a while back.
I don't see any serious possibility of getting her to caucus with us. She genuinely disagrees with us ideologically. Maybe if we had a more common parliamentary system we could get her to do something like confidence and supply...
If you watch the movie 'Game Change' which centers on McCain/Palin 2008, they wanted a running mate to excite the base and Gov. Palin was more conservative than Sen. Murkowski.
However, McCain didnтАЩt win the election so the talk of him getting someone more conservative as his running mate didnтАЩt help him win. Same with Mitt Romney choosing Paul Ryan as his running mate in 2012. Only Mike Pence actually United the conservative base for Republicans in 2016 when Trump selected him as his running mate then.
Hypothetically though, Murkowski would have not caused divisiveness the way Palin did.
She's consistently shown herself to be very conservative, just not MAGA-aligned and unafraid to piss off their base due to her write-in win a while back.
I don't see any serious possibility of getting her to caucus with us. She genuinely disagrees with us ideologically. Maybe if we had a more common parliamentary system we could get her to do something like confidence and supply...
but she can certainly shiv Trump at every turn
I mean, Murkowski voted against confirming Brett Kavanaugh. ThatтАЩs saying a lot!
That said, Murkowski has more in common with the late John McCain. Frankly, he should have chosen her as his running mate instead of Sarah Palin.
If you watch the movie 'Game Change' which centers on McCain/Palin 2008, they wanted a running mate to excite the base and Gov. Palin was more conservative than Sen. Murkowski.
Oh sure! IтАЩm aware.
However, McCain didnтАЩt win the election so the talk of him getting someone more conservative as his running mate didnтАЩt help him win. Same with Mitt Romney choosing Paul Ryan as his running mate in 2012. Only Mike Pence actually United the conservative base for Republicans in 2016 when Trump selected him as his running mate then.
Hypothetically though, Murkowski would have not caused divisiveness the way Palin did.