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Joe Miller's New Advisor: Birther, Citizens United Founder, 'Willie Horton' Ad Mastermind

Jillian Rayfield | November 15, 2010, 8:44AM

Floyd Brown and Alaska Senate candidate Joe Miller (R)

Joe Miller has a new advisor to help him with his war on spelling in the Alaska Senate write-in count -- and it's Floyd Brown, the infamous conservative strategist behind the "Willie Horton" TV ad in the 1988 presidential campaign, the co-founder of Citizens United and the birther-friendly blogger.

Miller beat Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the Republican primary, but now appears to trail her write-in campaign in the general election. Write-in ballots are currently being examined to see how many are for Murkowski.

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