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Down the ballot: A hero's welcome?

 

Published 10/30/2008 by Carrie Dann at First Read

The New York Times’ headline of Ted Stevens’ return to Alaska: “Ted Stevens Receives a Hero’s Welcome in Alaska.” From the story: “Two days after he was convicted on seven felony counts in Washington, Senator Ted Stevens returned to Alaska on Wednesday night to begin a six-day campaign sprint, telling several hundred supporters at a rally here that he would be vindicated on appeal and asking them to elect him to a seventh term. ‘I will represent Alaska in the senate while my lawyers pursue the...( read more ) (link)

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