Joe Miller Dances Between GOP Establishment And The Tea Party

Joe Miller Dances Between GOP Establishment And The Tea Party

Joe Miller, the GOP’s newly-minted Alaska Senate nominee, has a delicate and arguably astute take on official Republican leadership and campaign arms. What’s interesting is that his takes on the more rogue, tea-partyish elements of the Republican Party are just the same.

He speaks about the National Republican Senatorial Committee, which endorsed Murkowski until he beat her, just as cautiously as he speaks about Christine O’Donnell, the underdog GOP nominee for the Delaware Senate race who many believe to be “the next Joe Miller.” He talks about Republican Leader Mitch McConnell just as cautiously as he does about Sarah Palin, who...