Rachel Maddow on all 3 candidates in the Alaska senate race
Submitted by E. Ross on Friday, 22 October 2010 – 12:56 PM2 Comments
Most of the national coverage of the Alaska senate race is about Joe’s imploding campaign and Lisa’s low chances of winning as a write-in. Leave it to Rachel Maddow to get it right and cover all 3 candidates. This is great national exposure for Scott. Thanks, Rachel!
She does a good job on the main developments in the race, but incorrectly puts the number of Alaskans at 500,000 (it’s higher) and said the race has nothing to do with Sarah Palin. It does: Sarah endorsed Joe and will take a personal hit if her candidate in Alaska loses. A vote for Scott is a vote against Sarah.
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