Photo by The Skipping Hippy Failed Republican D.C. Council candidate Patrick Mara is claiming credit for flipping the vote of Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski on this morning’s cloture vote for the D.C. Voting Rights Act. In a statement released to the press, the DC Republican Committee cited Mara’s meeting with Murkowski’s staff prior to the vote. “Republican support and particularly Senator Lisa Murkowski’s vote for cloture put us over 60 votes,” Mara said. “I…