Ouch

Frank Murkowski's defeat gets covered in the New York Times. And they make Sarah Palin seem a real qualified and experienced candidate:

Sarah Palin, the former mayor of a small town who has never held statewide office, was leading with 50 percent of the vote.

Well, Wasilla isn't exactly a small town (at least by my standards) and she was on the AOGCC (not an elected office, of course), it does summarize Palin's career in one short sentence. And makes Frank's defeat seem all the more pathetic.