What will Lisa Murkowski do in 2016?

[Indy Texas]

Suppose that after election night this November, the Senate is 51 R to 49 D.

Do the Democrats try to cut a deal with her to leave the GOP, become an Independent and caucus with Dems in return for letting her chair Energy and keep her seniority?

[Indy Texas]

Who's going to be a threat to her by then?  Miller is a joke, as is his main sponsor back then, Palin.

Some other Republican. She's voted much more moderate since her write-in win, I have no doubts they come up with someone else. If Bill Walker weren't running against Sean Parnell as an independent, I'd say Walker is a perfect candidate to knock her off.

These are Lisa's scores from the American Conservative Union:

2003 - 74
2004 - 74
2005 - 83
2006 - 71
2007 - 67
2008 - 58
2009 - 68
2010 - 73
*Begins new term after winning as write-in*
2011 - 50
2012 - 36
2013 - 38

She's moved pretty clearly to the left. I think beating Miller provided her with some proof that she doesn't "need" the Republican Party and can use the goodwill and political capital of her family reputation to vote the way she and her conscience choose to; in a way it's similar to Walter Jones' situation.