AK-SEN 2022: A Rank Choice

[Buffalo Mayor Young Kim]

RE: Manchin

Meh, it means nothing and might get him some nice free press from conservatives.

[Buffalo Mayor Young Kim]

If the latest RCV polling is to be believed, then Gross better not jump into this: his entry holds Murkowski to 3rd before he loses to Tshibaka in the final round, & while Murkowski may still be an R, she's not evil like Tshibaka. The devil you know...

Screw that.
I’m sick to death of Democrats conceding races in the hopes of getting a kinder gentler Republican.
If Murkowski wants Gross to drop she can switch parties.

[Buffalo Mayor Young Kim]

If the latest RCV polling is to be believed, then Gross better not jump into this: his entry holds Murkowski to 3rd before he loses to Tshibaka in the final round, & while Murkowski may still be an R, she's not evil like Tshibaka. The devil you know...

Screw that.
I’m sick to death of Democrats conceding races in the hopes of getting a kinder gentler Republican.
If Murkowski wants Gross to drop she can switch parties.

Ok, but when Gross f**ks Murkwoski over & Tshibaka - pure-evil who'll never in a million years be as good for Dems as Murkowski has managed to be - is sworn-in as a Senator, it's not on us who had the foresight to anticipate said outcome.

Explain to me how Murkowski is good for Dems? With the proviso the one vote from 4 years ago does not count. Gross isn’t screwing Murkowski, the Democratic party’s job is to elect Democrats.

Incidentally, wasn’t going out of it’s way to protect ‘good’ Republicans and nominating party switchers a hallmark of the Florida Dems? How’s that been working out for you guys?

[Buffalo Mayor Young Kim]

Dems need to make it very clear to Murkowski that if she votes for DC statehood and voting rights, they'll back her reelection, otherwise it's 3rd place for her.

In other words, if she becomes a Democrat, the Democrats will back her re-election.

Yeah, that’s typically how political parties work.

[Buffalo Mayor Young Kim]

I really don’t see what the Democrats think they are gaining by not challenging Murkowski.

Oh no, we might have a Senator that always votes against us instead of a Senator that always votes against us when their vote matters!

[Buffalo Mayor Young Kim]

Alaska Dems are in a pretty trick spot.

Obviously they have a preference of: Democrat > Murkowski > Tshibaka

So do they take advantage of the Republicans being divided and run a Democrat, or do they play it safe and endorse/vote for Murkowski and guarantee her victory?

The real question is going to be who Murkowski-1 voters rank as their #2.

‘Playing it safe’ here means literally guaranteeing a Republican hold?
Yeah that’s dumb.