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Stevens' birthday blues?

 

Published 11/18/2008 by Mark Murray at First Read

From NBC's Ken StricklandCould it get much worse for convicted Republican Sen. Ted Stevens today? On his birthday? As he came to work this morning, one of his Republican colleagues, Jim DeMint, was threatening to hold a vote to kick him out of the GOP caucus. DeMint decided to postpone the vote a few days but said in a statement that "it's clear there are sufficient votes to pass the resolution." And now it looks like Stevens' re-election is doomed. The AP reports that Stevens "trails his Democratic...( read more ) (link)

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