economy, taxes and joblessness. and the side that wins that debate is going to win. greta: any way to measure to what extent sarah palin was a factor? no question governor palin is the most dynamic motivator of primary votes in the republican party today that her ability to for 25% of the party, it was a big bloc, to move them bayou tube and facebook and twitter, it is a remarkable achievement. greta: how does she do that? we ve been to alaska, it is governor palin, her husband and family. there s no huge machine. there s no staff. she might has someone who does work for her in southern california this is not a huge operation. what it is? you partly answered your own question. i ve watched a number of your interviews in alaska, with the palins. she a national figure. she s on national television. she has an automatic reach. she s a unique character.
greta: this is a fox news alert. the wildest political season in memory just got wilder. lisa murkowski just announced she is running for reelection as a write-in candidate. before his tragic accident that took him from an alaska that he loved so much, he wrote a statement that said: she is a fighter who stands up for what is right. i trust her commitment to do what s best for alaska. so today, my friends, my campaign for alaska s future begins. [ cheering ] greta: senator murkowski was beaten in the republican primary by joe miller, backed by the tea party express and sarah palin. minutes ago governor palin tweeted primary voters spoke.
alaska, if we don t have vision, we are going to be upside down worst than any other tate in the nation because we are so dependent on federal money. we ve got to develop our resources. we can t do that in the business as usual right now going on in d.c.. she part of that problem. greta: you raised the issue the democratic senator campaign committee the opposing party has already issued a statement. they ve described it as an example, the latest example of the republican party cannibalizing itself. we ve seen what happened in utah and in florida surprises, delaware the other night surprises. is the republican party cannibalizing itself? i think the late ted stevens would suggest in alaska that is happening. another quote from that dinner, he said it is time to join hands not create battles between our ranks. i think we ought to stop the intraparty fighting going on in washington. she in many ways contradicting
we are beginning to be a majority. that means you got a party where you have a huckabee, palin, romney and haley barbour and karl rove and you got to get them all occasionally gathered together long enough to win. greta: next, speaker beginning under fire for calling president obama s behavior kenyan and anti-colonial what does that mean? he defends his comments, next. another political stunner this time in alaska. lisa murkowski is expected to run as a write-in candidate. she was steam rolled in her primary by tea party candidate joe miller is what about the clinton stimulus? guessing what that means? ñ@y
character otherwise she wouldn t be doing what she is doing, which is disrespecting the will of the alaskan voter. greta: you won august 24th, did she call you and what was that conversation like? have you had any conversation since then? she did call me, conceding. did not congratulate me. later left a nasty voice mail on my phone. that s the only contact that i ve had with her. greta: what is a fairly nasty voice mail? i don t want to go into the personal detail it was inappropriate. it is a character issue it is an issue, i that i is reflected in the liberal approach. which is, if you got power you don t relinquish it, you keep it at all costs. i it is also in her case she has something by some calculations 1.8 million dollars. the people who gave her that money mostly out of state, 88% over the last year came from