The re-election of Alaska Rethug Sen. Lisa "Murky" Murkowski achieved the twin goals of turning back the teahadist tide in Alaska, represented by Joe "Brawny Man" Miller, and of sending former half-term Alaska Gov. Sarah "Winky" Palin, who supported Miller, a stinging rebuke. Now, as Steve Benen points out, Murky has been an ally of the Obama Administration on some key votes: DADT, the tax deal, the DREAM Act, and the new START treaty.
We say "good for Murky," who was abandoned by the Rethug Senatorial leadership in her write-in campaign in favor of Brawny Man. May she be the Rethug version of Joe Lieberliar, or better still former Sen. Arlen Specter, who saw the rightward lurch of the Rethuglican Party and said "no thanks." Winky must be "wee wee'd up," as she would put it.
