Sore Loserski

Alaska's sore loser, Lisa Murkowski, is now getting financial help for her write-in bid from an assortment of lefty special interest groups:

Murkowski gets nearly $600,000 in advertising help from Native corps and unions

The organization has the backing of Ahtna Inc., Arctic Slope Regional Corp., Bristol Bay Native Corp., Bering Straits Native Corp., Calista Corp., Chugach Alaska Corp., Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Doyon Limited, Koniag Inc., NANA Regional Corp. and Sealaska Corp. Unions that have joined with them include the Alaska Professional Fire Fighters Association, the Anchorage Police Dept. Employees Assn. and the National Education Association Alaska.

These groups are investing in the Sore Loserski for two reasons, and only the second one involves hoping she'll win. The first reason is to draw off enough votes from Joe Miller that the Democrat might have a chance to win. If that doesn't work then they can hope Murkowski somehow convinces enough Alaskans to write her name in and the victory.

I think it's still unlikely that a significant number of Alaskans will actually make the effort to write her in. I just hope she doesn't blow it for Miller, a guy who's very sharp and deserves the job.