theatlantic.com - 1/6/2009
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Image credit: Ken Cedeno/Corbis B uzzzzzz . The cell phone rings again and Chuck Schumer flips it open. “I figured it out,” he says without preamble. “George Washington. If George Washington got indicted, you wouldn’t pounce on the guy—you’d say he served honorably and now it’s time for Alaskans ...
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/7/2009
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Former senator Ted Stevens (yes, now actually former)
is keeping up the fight against his guilty verdict...
-- and now Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid has lent him a hand. Reid told Politico that he believes Stevens shouldn't serve jail time. My ...
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Reid: Free Ted Stevens!
rollcall.com - 1/6/2009
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rollcall.com —
Election Day defeats, retirements and departures for jobs
in the Obama administration will leave Democrats and Republicans...
without key legislative dealmakers in the 111th Congress. The defeat of Sen. Ted Stevens (Alaska), currently the longest-serving ...
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Congress Loses Deep Legislative Experience
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Schumer's Strategy
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
Joshua Green has a fascinating profile of Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) who "helped drive the Democrats' recent rise to power with what he says is a critical insight about the American middle class -- that it is more affluent, and wants different things from an activist government, than most policy makers think." ...
Remainders: Rahm's rabbi
Ben Smith's Blog —
... in Obama's Blago report, regarding Rahm's contacts. (A spokesman didn't return my email on the subject.)
Dickerson writes that the question isn't whether the stimulus passes, but whether Obama spends or gains political capital passing it.
Phil Singer explains why Jeb's decision not to run for Senate is such a big setback.
Jim Gibbons isn't going without a fight.
Nancy Scola considers Elizabeth Warren's very human YouTube.
Josh Green profiles Chuck.
Goldfarb notes that Panetta's Clinton Administration ...
Republicans Need a Schumer
The Corner on National Review Online —
... ] It's been obvious for a while that the GOP needs a campaign tactician as shrewd and talented as Chuck Schumer. What this exceptional Joshua Green profile highlights is that they also need someone who thinks as seriously, and strategically, about how to connect with the middle class. ...
Melding the Middle
Open Left - Front Page —
... “What will happen if we do it right,” Senator Chuck Schumer informed journalist and Atlantic Monthly editor Joshua Green, “is that there’ll be an alliance between the middle class and the poor, as opposed to the alliance between the middle class and the rich [that held for the past 28 years]. Everything we’re talking about is the work of an active, strong government, and if it works, it will wed the middle class to the Democrats for a generation.” ...
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Steve Rosenbaum: TED - Day 1
huffingtonpost.com 2/5/2009 — TED.
For twenty-five years folks have gathered at an event called TED, short for Technology, Entertainment and Design. TED has always been an eclectic group of thinkers, makers, and doers.
But three years ago, something changed. Until 2006, TED ...
Murkowski requests pardon for Stevens
adn.com 1/19/2009 — With less than 48 hours left of the Bush presidency, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski's spokesman said Sunday that Murkowski had asked the White House to pardon the former senior senator of Alaska, Ted Stevens.
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.
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.
Stevens Lobbyist Bailout Needed
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 12/23/2008 —
It makes sense when you think about it, but apparently Ted Stevens’ existence in the US Senate was supporting a pretty vast network of staffers-turned-lobbyists and a whole cottage industry for whom ties to Stevens were bread and butter. Now ...
Stevens lives to see another day -- for now
washingtonmonthly.com 11/18/2008 — STEVENS LIVES TO SEE ANOTHER DAY -- FOR NOW.... Both Senate caucuses got together this morning for meetings that would help decide the fate of two long-time senators. For Democrats, that meant voting on Joe Lieberman's future and his committee...
The Stevens Case
riehlworldview.com 4/10/2009 — I can understand why Clarice felt the need to preface this with the Libby case. Read it all here . But the Stevens issue is more timely. h/t PW for more.
I am dismayed to learn that so many people are under the impression that the Stevens case ...
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 ...
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