http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/mark-begich-lisa-murkowski-not-best-friends-109310.html n Mark Begich�s view, fellow Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski is a valuable member of his �team� on issues ranging from fisheries to fighter jets.
But in the heat of Begich�s bruising reelection bid, Murkowski wants off that team.
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Murkowski, a moderate Republican who has represented the state since 2002, is taking the unusual step of publicly rebutting her Democratic colleague�s claims that the two are a close duo in Washington. She has requested her name be removed from a Begich press release noting they were on the same page on a recent vote over contraceptive legislation. She�s scoffed at Begich�s campaign citing their work together in a recent 60-second radio ad. And her office pushed back at Begich�s assertion that the two have voted alike 80 percent of the time.
In an interview, she made crystal clear she�s no fan of Begich citing her name without her consent.
�I just think he needs to run on his record � and not mine,� she said bluntly in the Capitol this week.
Liiisa feels Marky is going to lose and that stink will stain her. I hope so.
Who is the clown with the Anch aero biz in marky's ads that claims Mark and Liiisa vote together 80% of the time.
I hope Liiisa's upcoming opponent has a recording of that to use in 2 years.
