It's Official: Big Energy Defeats Big Irrationality:

Lisa Murkowski, bought and paid for by big energy companies to the tune of $4 million in contributions, has successfully beaten Sarah Palin's lap dog and the Republican party candidate (what's his name with $1.8 million in contributions) in Alaska. (See Gail Collins' take on the outcome.) Big energy can now rest more comfortably, since Murkowski will likely retain Republican leadership of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.