Just before the Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage, Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski made a clear endorsement of marriage equality. Murkowski, a Senator since 2002, joins two other Republicans in the Senate (Rob Portman of Ohio and Mark Kirk of Illinois), in supporting the rights of gay and lesbian couples to marry.

One of the House Republicans' budget cuts that got the most attention while they were crafting their spending bill for the next six months was the elimination of all federal funding to Planned Parenthood. The organization, which provides women's health and family planning services up to and including scary abortions, was obviously a popular target for the Republicans to satisfy their base with. Go to any conservative protest, over health care reform, taxes, Mexicans, whatever, and the anti-abortion folks are always the last ones there, screaming and hollering deep into the night.

And with only a few hundred write-in votes left to count, the AP calls it: Lisa Murkowski has finally defeated Joe Miller in Alaska's Senate race as a write-in candidate. Be nice to her now, Republicans: She's your Joe Lieberman.

Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski now has more uncontested write-in votes than challenger Joe Miller has votes, period.

NYT's current top story: "Alaska Three-Way Is Surprise Hope for Democrats." Warring Republicans Joe Miller and Lisa Murkowski are splitting the vote, to Democratic longshot Scott McAdams' glee. Ladies, don't fight, there's enough "Boat-Size Killer Whale" to go around.

Silly Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, having lost her re-election primary, is now running a write-in campaign. Her job is ensure that voters can spell "Murkowski" correctly. This is difficult — especially when her own ad misspells her name.

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who lost her primary to an upstart weeks ago, is poised to run as a write-in candidate this November. Is she batty? Voters would rather, say, exercise than spell out an entire human name. [Image: AP]

Senator Lisa Murkowski (R - AK) has conceded her primary race against challenger Joe Miller.

Sarah Palin-backed Alaska Senate candidate Joe Miller, who's likely to pull off a surprising upset over incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the Republican primary, thinks that Murkowski is a real whore. Oops! Here comes a deleted tweet...

Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski's surprising, all-but-finalized primary defeat in Alaska last night to the Palin-backed upstart Joe Miller may have opened a November pickup opportunity for Democrats! Sadly, the Democratic party doesn't even know who its candidate is.

A bunch of states held primary elections on Tuesday night, and I know what you're thinking: More elections, really? Can't Obama do something about that? But don't despair! These ones featured America's second choice for President, Arizona Senator John McCain!

It's likely been a while since you thought of Halliburton, the oil-loving company once headed by Dick Cheney. Well, Halliburton hasn't stopped thinking of you. Or, at least, the U.S.A. It's PAC continues throwing money at politicians.