Looks like - never. I just found a dandy new message in my e-mail, sent out by the chairman of the 11th district. It's a (push?)poll:
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The 11th Congressional District Republican Committee would like your opinion on the race for congress in our district. We would appreciate it if you would take this short survey. :
In the August Republican Primary would you consider voting for a write in candidate?
Yes
No
From the following list, who would be your FIRST choice as a write in candidate?
Loren Bennett
Nancy Cassis
Mike Kowall
David Law
John Pastor
Rocky Raczkowski
Kim Small
Laura Toy
David Trott
Paul Welday
etc.
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I'll guess this was sent out to 11th district precinct delegates and/or Republican supporters. The Good Old Boys are aghast that some outsider might gain entry to their exclusive domain, and are evidently busy scrambling to line up some sort of plausible Murkowski. There isn't any sign of supporting the guy who played by their rules and won.
From today's Free Press: "Not that we have any real authority, but a group of about 25 Republicans are going to get together this week to see who's out there and come up with a person we can all stand behind," said Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson."
