They mean business on the GOP side | Michael Tomasky

As you know, GOP senator Lisa Murkowksi recently lost the Alaska senate primary to Joe Miller. She has been mulling a third-party candidacy of some sort.

Today, Roll Call reports:

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) will likely be forced out of her party leadership position should she decide to launch a write-in or third-party candidacy, a Senate Republican said Wednesday.

Murkowski, who conceded the GOP primary last month to Fairbanks lawyer Joe Miller, could announce as soon as Thursday whether...