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Murkowski's defeat represents a major loss for the GOP establishment and a major win for Sarah Palin, as our new political editor, Guy Benson, just mentioned, (welcome, Guy!). But how does this kind of political coup even happen? Matt Moon is a former deputy research director for the RNC, born and raised in Anchorage, and has been involved as a staffer and strategist in several Alaska campaigns.
Despite the enormous amount of admiration I have for her, I believe Murkowski has no one to blame except her own campaign for what is a stunning primary defeat. Bottom line...
An Alaskan's Perspective On Why Murkowski Lost
I hope this will be a wakeup call to the RNC and its satellite organizations that we conservatives know what we want so can choose our own candidates very well, thanks...