motherjones.com - 10/28/2008
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His own. Stevens won't be allowed to vote for his own reelection because dude is a felon as of half an hour ago.
The longest serving Republican in the Senate and a man many consider to be the most corrupt politician in Washington DC was found guilty earlier today of making false statements ...
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 10/27/2008
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(CNN) — Sarah Palin said Monday Sen. Ted
Stevens' guilty verdict "is a sad day for Alaska."...
"This is a sad day for Alaska and a sad day for Senator Stevens and his family," she said on the tarmac at Richmond International Airport. "The verdict ...
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Stevens verdict: Palin reacts
thehill.com - 10/27/2008
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thehill.com —
The Senate's chief GOP campaign strategist cut Sen.
Ted Stevens loose Monday after the Alaska Republican was...
convicted in his corruption trial. In a strongly worded statement, Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.), head of the National Republican Senatorial ...
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Ensign: Stevens's career ends in 'disgrace'
marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 10/28/2008
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Why is it, exactly, that while Sen. McCain
called for Sen. Ted Stevens to resign in the...
wake of his corruption convictions, Gov. Palin couldn't bring herself to utter the word? Will the media interpret this as a disagreement between the ...
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The Party's Over (Him)
Opinionator —
... regression model uses approval ratings for incumbent senators as one of its inputs, and thinks a decline of this magnitude would cost a senator about 6 points in the polls … actually, 5.8 points. So what we’re going to do is apply a 5.8 point penalty to Stevens’ numbers in Alaska. Since the race was a toss-up before, this puts him about 6 points behind overall, making Mark Begich an 87 percent favorite to take his seat. (Truth be told, Jonathan Stein at Mother Jones has picked up on an even more humiliating aspect : “Stevens won’t be allowed to vote for his own reelection ...
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Ted Stevens can’t vote for himself.
thinkprogress.org 10/28/2008 — Kos points to Alaska election law , which shows that Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) — who was convicted on seven felony charges today — can’t even vote for himself in November:
I was convicted of a felony, but have served my time and am ...
Anchorage rally welcomes Stevens
adn.com 10/30/2008 — Sen. Ted Stevens returned to Alaska on Wednesday for the first time since his conviction, telling a crowd of supporters he made a mistake but is not a criminal and needs their help to save his re-election.
Jury finds Stevens guilty of lying about gifts: Sen. Ted Stevens
adn.com 10/27/2008 — WASHINGTON - A jury has found U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens guilty of all seven counts of lying on his financial disclosure forms. It is the highest-profile felony conviction in a sweeping four-year federal investigation into corruption in Alaska politics, ...
Happy Birthday, Ted Stevens. You lose.
latimesblogs.latimes.com 11/18/2008 — Alaska's long-serving Republican senator, Ted Stevens , turned 85 today.
He also lost an election recount against his Democratic opponent, Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich .
Which means Stevens does not get a seventh term. And it means one more ...
Stevens Convicted On All Counts
huffingtonpost.com 10/27/2008 — WASHINGTON — Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was convicted of seven corruption charges Monday in a trial that tainted the 40-year Senate career of Alaska's political patriarch.
The verdict, coming just days before Election Day, adds further ...
McCain Calls For Ted Stevens To Step Down
oxdown.firedoglake.com 10/28/2008 — In a statement released today, Sen. John McCain has called for recently convicted Sen. Ted "Toobz" Stevens to step down :
Yesterday, Senator Ted Stevens was found guilty of corruption. It is a sign of the health of our democracy that ...
The Associated Press: Ted Stevens found guilty in corruption case
ap.google.com 10/27/2008 — 40 minutes ago WASHINGTON (AP) Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has been convicted of lying about free home renovations and other gifts he received from a wealthy oil contractor. The Senate's longest-serving Republican, Stevens was found guilty on all seven ...
Stevens guilty on 7 counts, won't quit Senate race - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com 10/27/2008 — WASHINGTON Ted Stevens , a pillar of the Senate for 40 years and the face of Alaska politics almost since statehood, was convicted of a seven-felony string of corruption charges Monday found guilty of accepting a bonanza of home renovations and ...
Stevens Testifies Today
talkleft.com 10/17/2008 — Senator Ted Stevens took the stand today in his criminal trial. He testified that he pays his bills when he knows about them, that he intended to pay for his home renovations, and that if he neglected to pay it's only because he's a busy senator ...
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First Read 10/28/2008
The Washington Post writes, “Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska, one of Congress's most powerful Republicans, was convicted yesterday of lying on financial disclosure forms to conceal his receipt of gifts and expensive renovations to his house, just ...
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