announce his appointment this afternoon. time now for the latest news from the best political team on television. >> yeah, we're checking out the political ticker this morning. republican senator lisa murkowski is about to reveal her plans for the general election in alaska after losing the primary to tea party favorite joe miller. our senior political editor mark preston is live in washington with details. and it's interesting, mark, a lot of these long time establishment candidates are having to scratch their heads and say, wait a minute, am i going to write myself in? this could be the case in delaware, as well. >> no question, kiran. and drew, lisa murkowski, what is she going to do? she was this upset loss last month to the tea party favorite joe miller. she had the money, the name recognition, she should've won reelection. but guess what? she lost the primary. in fact, she was just here in washington yesterday talking to her colleagues, trying to figure out what her plans are going to be. kiran, there's more on the cnn political ticker on cnnpolitics.com.