there's an interesting contrast between how the GOP is reacting to murkowski's decision to run a write-in campaign notwithstanding her loss of the party primary, and the democratic party's reaction to joe lieberman's decision to run as an independent in 2006 notwithstanding his loss of the democratic primary.
the GOP, it seems, supports the results of its primary process whereas the democratic leadership largely continued to back lieberman notwithstanding his primary loss. it was never completely clear to me why so many dems in the national party supported joe. it seemed like he just had a good personal relationship with them. and that carried him through, no matter what he did. it still carries him today.
