The head of the Alaska Libertarian Party confirmed that Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s aides reached out to his party about running on its Senate ticket — even after officials from the third party had decided they would not swap the senator for their nominee.If the Libertarians have any principles at all they'll end these discussions right now. If Murkowski wasn't conservative enough for the Republicans to accept her there's no way she'd qualify as a true Libertarian.
After attorney Joe Miller’s stunning GOP primary victory last month, Murkowski appeared to be ready to call it quits for good, telling reporters in her Aug. 31 concession speech, “At the end of this year, I’m coming back home.”
But Alaska Libertarian Party Chairman Scott Kohlhaas said Monday that Murkowski’s campaign reached out to his party after she conceded last week — despite the fact that the party’s executive committee had already announced it would not replace its candidate, David Haase, with Murkowski.
“Yes, we’re in discussions with the Murkowski campaign. We’ve always said we’d be open to a sit-down with any Alaskan, especially a sitting U.S. senator,” Kohlhaas said. “Even though the talks are a good thing, we’re not going to flip-flop. We warned them, but they still want to talk.”
If Murkowski wants to stay in the race, she has two remaining options: Run as a write-in candidate, or attempt to take the place of the Libertarian Party nominee on the ballot.
If the Libertarians are foolish enough to accept her as their candidate they can pretty much stop all the morale high ground arguments I hear from them on a regular basis. At that point it will be obvious that all they want is a shot at the win, even if a win means accepting someone who couldn't have won the Libertarian nomination based on her political beliefs.
It might prove too tempting for them given that Libertarians are not known for winning important elections.
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