From Eric Dondero:The Executive Committee of the Alaska Libertarian Party held an emergency meeting yesterday to discuss the contested primary results in the Republican Senate primary. All 5 board members met at the apartment of Party Chair Scott Kohlhaas, in northeast Anchorage to hammer out a decision as to how to move forward.
Friends of Lisa Murkowski approached the ALP early Wednesday morning immediately after the Tuesday primaries, feeling out if there was any possibility that the Senator could appear on the Libertarian line for the fall election, as a third party candidate. Other supporters of the Senator, including at least two longstanding members of the Libertarian Party, also called to lobby ALP Chair Scott Kohlhaas to keep an "open mind," on the issue.
Kohlhaas was immediately innundated with Alaska and national media over the matter.
On Sunday morning, over coffee and donuts, the ExComm voted unanimously, 5 to 0 to deny the Senator the ballot line. There was no malice intended. ALP Chair Kohlhaas has repeatedly stated that she is a nice lady, and the ALP was flattered by the offer.
The meeting was contentious at first. Two board members who were clearly on the Tea Party friendly Joe Miller side were combative before they realized that the other three board members agreed with them on the essentials. At a number of points the meeting even digressed into name-calling. The 'F' bomb was even tossed around a number of times. One board member was hellbent on holding an immediate statewide meeting open to full membership or registered Libertarians to decide the matter. That idea was shot down 4 to 1. The vote on Murkowski was taken at about halfway through the meeting which lasted a total of 3 hours. After the result was clear, tempers calmed down, and the 5 member board moved forward with plans on how to announce the results to the media.
This morning, Fox News will interview Chairman Kohlhaas first at 9:00 am Alaska time, and then a press conference will be held for the Anchorage media later in the day.
Note - any media wanting an interview with Kohlhaas are encouraged to call 979-848-4575.
7 comments:
Good.
Murkowski is scum and has no business serving any constituents.
She lost, and she deserves to live the rest of her life in disgrace.
Joe Miller is the real conservative here, he is the winner of the primary, and I'm glad the LP has denied this sore loser a place on the ballot.
I used to think of Libertarians as being rational people. Now, I think of them as being, as Bill Buckley stated, Libertarian Anarchists.I don't like Obama but I'll be sending my dough to the Dems.
Well then, aren't you the brave one Anonymous.
Spend on.
If Miller has the votes, he deserves to win straight up. Not by hook or crook like Murkowski.
JWood.
Congrats, Eric, on the scoop.
We didn't expect the old-guard liberal RINO herd to trot-off quietly... but the more libertarians and libertarian-oriented conservatives in their places, the better.
Cheers
Eric: It's great to see your old LP comrade, Scott Kohlhaas, come thru & rebuff the establishment Republican. Mike in Md.
I'm happy to see that the ALP didn't cave into the pressure put on it and put Murkowski on the ballot as their candidate. Bottom line is that she is not a libertarian. That's what the national party should have done in 2008 with the Barr candidacy.
The difference was of course, Bob Barr is most certainly a LIBERTARIAN, with a capitol 'L' emphasis on L-I-B-E-R-T-A-R-I-A-N, which Murkowski is not, and you Sir, clearly are not.
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