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Primaried from the right. she actually lost the republican primary in alaska for her own seat to a far-right challenger. in order to try to keep her seat in the senate, she had to run as a write-in, which is almost impossible to win, right? but her most stalwart allies in that political storm were native alaskans who stood by her with votes and not incidentally, a ton of last-minute money for ad buys. she told them at the time, "i will fight for you as long as i am able." she owes her seat in the senate to the native alaskan communities, and they are now reminding her of that in the local pres...

Job to the supports and the votes and the money of native alaskans. in 2010, lisa murkowski, you might remember, she got primaried from the right. she actually lost the republican primary in alaska for her own seat to a pharr right challenger. in order to try to keep her seat in the senate, she had to run as a write-in, which is almost impossible to win, right? but her most stalwart allies in that political storm were native alaskans who stood by her with votes and not incidentally, a ton of last-minute money for ad buys. she told them at the time "i will fight for you as long as i am able." s...

Support than either of them. in addition, though, specifically senators murkowski and collins are both pro-choice and judge kavanaugh's staunch anti-abortion rights record will presumably give them both pause on roe versus wade alone. senators murkowski and collins may have some other specific issues with kavanaugh beyond that. you can see evidence of that in some of the questions directed at kavanaugh last week. mazie hirono calling out his hostility for programs for native hawaiians, and by extension, programs for native alaskans. that effort from mazie hirono was leading to a very key polit...

A big, important republican vote with margins this close. so, the mcconnell and schumer b the process of working on the math. getting the votes and holding on to the votes. >> exactly. and senator mccain, while he's remaining in arizona, he signaled his support for judge kavanaugh doing what he can to encourage his colleagues to back this vote. but it could come down to one vote at the very end of this. so, it is a very thin margin. of course, this is what mitch mcconnell does. he gets his caucus together, and so long as senators murkowski and collins remain there, they will be able to confirm...

I don't know if this quite raises to the level of hostility but it sure doesn't look good. it looks like she's headed in that direction. she would have the most trouble with senators murkowski and collins in this case. that's why i think for a while it looked like it was between kethledge and kavanagh until mcconnell sort of made this last weekend overture. republicans like, he's from pennsylvania, used to drive a taxi, has a great story. now he's back in the mix as somebody who the president can really get behind and so could possibly -- >> we should also mention his secret weapon, judge hard...