ap.google.com - 10/29/2008
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1 day ago WASHINGTON (AP) A growing chorus of Republicans on Tuesday called for Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens to resign from a seat he's held for four decades after his conviction on seven felony charges. But with the party bracing for losses in the upcoming election, many hope Stevens will first win ...
adn.com - 10/31/2008
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With just four days before the election and
Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens insisting he's not a felon,
the U.S. Senate race is white hot. "I've not been convicted yet," Stevens said Thursday in a meeting with the editorial board of the Fairbanks Daily ...
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Senate race in final leg: Top Stories
politico.com - 10/29/2008
adn.com - 10/30/2008
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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.
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Anchorage rally welcomes Stevens
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McConnell calls on Stevens to resign.
Think Progress —
... In calling for Stevens’s resignation, McConnell joins several other prominent Republican senators including Jim DeMint (SC), Lindsey Graham (SC), John McCain (AZ), Gordon Smith (OR), and Norm Coleman (MN). Other Republican senators, including Pat Roberts (KS) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX), have suggested that “ ...
McConnell calls on Stevens to resign.
The Hollywood Liberal —
... . The Lexington Herald-Leader reports:“I think he should resign immediately ,” McConnell, Kentucky’s senior senator, told the Herald-Leader Tuesday night after a Hardin County GOP rally. “If he did not do that … there is a 100 percent certainty that he would be expelled from the Senate.” … “The Senate would have zero tolerance for the continued service of a convicted felon ,” McConnell said. In calling for Stevens’s resignation, McConnell joins several other prominent Republican senators including Jim DeMint (SC), Lindsey Graham (SC), John McCain (AZ), Gordon Smith (OR), and ...
Ted Stevens in alternative universe
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
... But wait, I thought Ted Stevens was convicted and even Republicans were asking him to resign? Seems that the Anchorage Daily News is living in the same world I am: ...
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McCain calls for Stevens to resign.
thinkprogress.org 10/28/2008 — Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) today called for Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) to step down after yesterday’s conviction on seven felony counts :
Yesterday, Senator Ted Stevens was found guilty of corruption. It is a sign of the health of our democracy ...
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 ...
Editors: Republican Conviction
article.nationalreview.com 10/29/2008 — The Republican party only has itself to blame for being in the unenviable position of depending upon the good name of Ted Stevens.
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, ...
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 ...
McCain Calls for Stevens to Resign
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com 10/28/2008 — The Republican nominee issues a statement in the wake of the elder Alaskan's conviction on corruption charges.
Stevens Pollster: Race Is Over, Begich Will Win
huffingtonpost.com 11/13/2008 — Alaska-based GOP pollster David Dittman, who worked for Sen. Ted Stevens during this year's primary race, believes Democratic challenger Mark Begich is all but certain to expand his current razor-thin lead and snatch the seat.
"I don't think ...
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 ...
Ensign calls for Stevens to resign —
First Read 10/29/2008
From MSNBC's Adam VerdugoSen. John Ensign, the head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the man in charge of keeping the Democrats from reaching a 60-seat majority, told Norah O'Donnell on MSNBC today that Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens ...
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