On yesterday's Meet the Press, Arizona's John McCain, the crankiest Senator from the nuttiest state, told host David Gregory that Republicans might want to consider dropping this whole uterine crusade thing and focus on things that don't make people think conservatives hate women. You know you're doing something wrong… » 3/19/12 2:50pm 3/19/12 2:50pm

It would take quite a monumental asshole to oppose providing assistance to victims of domestic violence. But, here we are in 2012, enmeshed in serious discussions about whether a woman's boss should be able to decide what health care she's allowed to purchase through insurance and if a woman carrying a stillborn fetus… » 3/15/12 11:35am 3/15/12 11:35am

Okay, now we can say Lisa Murkowski has officially won her Senate race. Only one other senator has ever been elected as a write-in candidate: Strom Thurmond. » 11/17/10 8:47am 11/17/10 8:47am

Another shot fired in the long-running Murkowski-Palin feud, but also... true. Murkowski told Katie Couric she wants a candidate who "goes to bed at night and wakes up in the morning thinking about how we're going to deal with" issues. » 11/16/10 4:07pm 11/16/10 4:07pm

[Juneau, November 10: Alaska Elections Division Director Gail Fenumiai and Assistant Attorney General Sarah Felix look over a write-in ballot, just one of the more than 92,500 they started poring through today. And somewhere, Murkowski waits. Image via AP.] » 11/10/10 5:03pm 11/10/10 5:03pm

If Murkowski is declared the winner this week, it'll be because Alaskans like federal money more than they like the prospect of putting Tea Party rhetoric into practice. Oh, and Senate seniority. It's all rather sensible. Write-in counting starts Wednesday. » 11/08/10 11:46am 11/08/10 11:46am

Patty Murray has kept her Senate seat in Washington State. Sorry, Republicans. And Lisa Murkowski is thanking supporters for her win, although she won't actually know if she won until next week. Sorry, Tea Party and Sarah Palin. » 11/05/10 10:00am 11/05/10 10:00am

Lisa Murkowski's write-in candidacy in Alaska after a Tea Party upset has transformed her from "establishment incumbent to renegade underdog." She could win. Or she could just split the Democratic vote. Or the Republican. No one actually knows. » 9/28/10 11:30am 9/28/10 11:30am

Incumbent Lisa Murkowski ended her fight for the Republican nomination for Senate against Tea Party Candidate Joe Miller, following extensive Tea Party-funded advertising questioning her conservatism — including her relatively pro-choice positions — as well as Sarah Palin's Miller endorsement. » 9/01/10 9:19am 9/01/10 9:19am

"You have to be rich or weird," suggested John Hockenberry on NPR this morning, referring to last night's primaries. In Alaska's surprisingly too-close-to-call Republican Senate primary, though, a Palin endorsement and anti-choice politics seemed to tip the scales. » 8/25/10 10:00am 8/25/10 10:00am

• The race for who will ultimately lose to New York Governor David Paterson's desire to appoint state Attorney General Andrew "Shucking And Jiving Is Not A Racist Phrase" Cuomo to Hillary Clinton's Senate seat is on! Bill Clinton, Nita Lowey and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. are out, Caroline Kennedy might be in. [CNN, The Hill…