Palin to Greta suggested the way to win the Missouri Senate seat is for Steelman to run 3rd party

[Tx4obama]

Mark Halperin ?@Markhalperin

Sarah Palin 2 Greta suggested the way to win the Missouri Senate seat is for Steelman to run 3rd party. Says Akin should have gotten out

https://twitter.com/Markhalperin/status/238101181694631937

OMG!!! Sarah Palin has to be the stupidest person in America!

Steelman came in THIRD, I believe, in the GOP primary.

And Palin thinks she could win as a 3rd party candidate! LOL

[Dawson Leery]

1. It's an "intelligent" idea!

Go for it!

[Proud Liberal Dem]

2. Now, now

Sister Sarah may be on to something here.................Steelman would, presumably, split the vote with Akin, making McCaskill's path to victory even easier, right? Akin is already in a dead heat with Claire as it is right now from what I saw. Get Steelman in there and Akin and her will have to fight over the table scraps.

[Tx4obama]

3. Yes, that could & would happen but Sarah Steelman wouldn't have a chance in hell to win the seat n/t

[Proud Liberal Dem]

4. Probably not

that doesn't mean that Sister Sarah might stoke her ego enough to jump in. The only potential downside is that she might draw Republican/Super-PAC funding that has been withdrawn from Akin and that might make her more competitive. After all, Murkowski was able to pull it off in Alaska. Still, she would still find herself in a tug-of-war with Akin for votes.

[Tx4obama]

5. The problem here is Palin's ego

Palin endorsed Steelman and also campaigned for her.

I think Palin just doesn't like the fact that her pick didn't win the primary

[jaysunb]

6. Ah...yes

Motive hiding in plain sight.

[Tx4obama]

7. The Sore Loser Law

The sore loser law prevents primary losers from running again as an Independent in the general election.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sore-loser_law

[Denzil_DC]

8. In addition, Independents had to file by July 30th!

There's the option of a write-in campaign, I guess. That could go well ...

[yellowcanine]

10. Yes I think Steelman should run a write-in campaign.

Excellent idea.

[Yavin4]

12. That Would Require Steelman/Palin Supporters to Actually Write Something

which is asking a lot.

[Arkana]

14. I thought this was a state-by-state thing.

Otherwise, Joe Lieberman would have been drummed out in 2006, because CT doesn't have a sore loser law.

[former9thward]

15. It is state by state.

But it doesn't matter because July 30th was the deadline for independents and third parties to file for the Senate.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

9. Yes!

Let the GOP civil war split the wingnut vote.

[mim89]

11. .

PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE DO IT!!!!

Claire would win easily lol

[Arkana]

13. Sarah Palin apparently doesn't remember what happens to GOP candidates when they split the vote in

"gimme" races.

[WI_DEM]

16. For once I totally agree with Sarah Palin.