switch press conference. he has done that before as we know. don, i don t think the attorney general sessions wants to leave the job. he is trying to put his imprint on that department. he s been one of the more aggressive cabinet officers in trying to fill the vacancies. he s trying to fill the u.s. attorneys jobs. he really does have plans that a lot of people wouldn t agree with that he has had his eye on for a long time. so i think he would be very reluctant to take this option unless the president really forced it on him. and the president is not subject to the hatch act, and he could say out there i want mr. sessions in this job in the senate and i want you voters in alabama to support him. and i m out here campaigning because he cannot, he is subject to the hatch act and see what happens. so that way he would not give up his seat but yet he could be on the write-in ballot. john, today, a republican
to watch. spelling skills are going to make a big impact on this race. joe miller has already filed his lawsuit in all of this to make sure that state rules are being followed in the vote counting process. his campaign is asking a federal judge to keep the state from using discretion in counting those ballots. alaska state law says that a ballot oval must be filled in, here we go again, remember this, folks, and the candidate s last name for the write-in ballot must be written in correctly. state officials says they will use discretion if deciding whether voters meant to actually choose and vote for lisa murkowski. i don t think we re going to get an answer on this one any time soon, folks. bill: days or weeks? martha: i think weeks. bill: weeks it could be. martha: could be. bill: wouldn t that be extraordinary if the write-in candidate won? i m going to start a write-in campaign. you write in my nail and i m going to figure out a way to win. wow, joe miller, murkowski in alaska. th
her job. the republican incumbent launching a write-in ballot candidacy as an independent. you may remember murkowski upset in the state s gop senate primary by sarah palin-backed challenger and tea party favorite, joe miller. more on this in just a moment. also new results from a closely watched straw poll potential 2012 gop presidential candidates. hours ago attendees of the values voters summit making their picks for the person they want to challenge democrats for the white house in two years. here are the results: indiana congressman mike pence taking the winning spot. runner-up former arkansas governor mike huckabee. mitt romney, newt gingrich and sarah palin rounding out the top five. the straw poll capping off a two-day event that draws a collection of conservative a-listers. huckabee, rich and palin are fox news newt gingrich and