Joe Miller Gets Ahead of Himself, Tweets About Picking Office Furniture in D.C.

"Think I'll do some house hunting while I'm in DC #teaparty #tcot #tpp #alaska #ak," wrote Miller, whose candidacy has been propelled by the Tea Party.

Shortly afterwards, he posted: "Guess I should pick up some office furniture, as well, while in DC #teaparty #tcot #tpp #alaska #ak."

"Then there's the matter of a name plaque for the door #teaparty #tcot #tpp #alaska #ak," he wrote.

Miller's final tweet read: "My sincere appreciation for the warm welcome, including from future colleagues in DC #teaparty #tcot #tpp #alaska #ak."

All four of those messages have been scrubbed from his Twitter feed, but they were captured by the Alaskan blog, Mudflats.

The campaign of Murkowski, who was defeated by Miller in the GOP primary, labeled the tweets "hubris."

Miller spokesman Randy DeSoto told The Associated Press Thursday that the posts were made by a volunteer who will no longer have access to the account. DeSoto said the messages were deleted because the campaign considered them inappropriate.

It's not the first time Miller's Twitter feed has been the source of controversy. In August one of his tweets compared Murkowski to a prostitute for considering running as a Libertarian.

Murkowski is now staging a write-in campaign. Polls show the two Republicans running about even, with Democrat Scott McAdams trailing by double digits.