The approach is going to be everybody line up. If you want to survive, you better be good. Don't get on Santa's naughty list here because we will primary you." She mentions Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and her questions about SecDef nominee Pete Hegseth, but Ernst had already indicated she was supportive of Hegseth by the time Murkowski made these remarks. //

It should surprise no one that voters who voted in Trump should want Republican senators to support the nominees Trump has put forth, in order to implement his agenda. That's why they put him in office -- so he could implement the agenda they want. It's not even "allegiant to party" -- it's being allegiant to the voters. If the voters don't like what you are doing, then yes, they are going to primary you and try to vote you out.

That's how the process works. You're supposed to represent them. And supporting the nominees isn't going to "energize the Democrats" -- not supporting the nominees is going to energize the Democrats. If Trump's agenda is put into place it's going to reduce the control of the Democrats and benefit Americans and the entire country.

If a "Republican" doesn't get that, that's a problem. //

Claudius54
an hour ago
"She claimed that she wasn't attached to the label of "Republican.""

... well, at least she's being honest.

From Wiki: According to CQ Roll Call, she voted with President Barack Obama's position 72.3% of the time in 2013; she was one of only two Republicans to vote with Obama over 70% of the time. She opposed Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination in 2018 and supported Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court nomination in 2022. In 2021, she was one of seven Republican senators to vote to convict Donald Trump of incitement of insurrection in his second impeachment trial; the Alaska Republican Party censured her for that vote.

If she runs again, I doubt that "ranked choice" is going to save her ... given that she's the 'rankest' possible choice.