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Swell news: Stevens might hold his seat
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... Really, I’m finding it difficult to decide how to feel about this.  Ted Stevens has apparently eked out a win in Alaska to return to the Senate, despite his convictions on seven counts of corruption.  As of this moment, with 99% of precincts reporting, Stevens holds a 3300-vote margin over Mark Begich, who may well wonder what it takes to get Alaskans to retire Stevens. On the positive side, it gives Republicans their 41st confirmed Senate seat, making filibusters possible.  If the GOP catches breaks in Oregon, Minnesota, and Georgia, they would have a strong firewall of 44 ...

Some How, Some Way, ConvictedSenator Ted Stevens Gets Re-Elected
Say Anything — Does anyone have a stake? Ed Morrissey says he’s not sure how to feel about that.  I see where he’s coming from, given that the GOP is going to need every vote in the Senate they can muster to hold up Obama and the Democrats, but I know exactly how to feel about this. Republicans just came off a crushing defeat, and a big reason why they were defeated is the sort of corruption and big-government policies embodied by people like Ted Stevens. The citizens of Alaska are free ...