The National Journal on Miller's win over Murkowski

The National Journal posted a short video Wednesday that had Reid Wilson and Josh Kraushaar hashing out what played the biggest part in Joe Miller's win over U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski: Sarah Palin's endorsement or the truckloads of cash hauled in by the Tea Party Express?

They both make decent points, but the truth is that without Palin's endorsement Miller's campaign may never have gotten off the ground (and may never have attracted the endorsement of the Tea Party Express). But at the same time, without the Tea Party money banging Miller's talking points home on television and radio the Palin endorsement wouldn't have been enough to catapult him over Murkowski.

Contact Joshua Saul at jsaul(at)alaskadispatch.com.