rollingstone.com - 10/28/2008
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This Ted Stevens fiasco is baggage of the McCain camp’s own choosing. Before they added Sarah Palin to the ticket, Alaska was anything but Main Street America. Under the old rules, Steven’s corruption scandal could well have blown over as a parochial scandal of the great, oily ...
redstate.com - 10/27/2008
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redstate.com —
Party Loyalty Has Its Limits We stand at
a perilous moment in American politics, with the real
possibility that the Democrats could get to 60 votes in the Senate. This is no time for litmus tests of party loyalty, for abandoning our own. But we ...
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RedState Endorses Mark Begich, Democrat For Senate, and ...
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'
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Corruption you can believe in, "Pallin' around with Felons" edition...
Rising Hegemon —
From Rolling Stone, the Ted & Sarah show, circa Fall 2006: Minute 3:39 Stevens: Hell, I don’t know if you know it but when Frank Murkowski was first elected this lady and I … traveled around the state for two weeks. We’ve known each other a long time. Worked together a long time. Minute 4:12 Palin: I have great respect for the senator…. His voice, his experience, his passion needs to be heard across America. So that Alaska can contribute more. So that ...
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Eschaton —
Pallin' around with felons, circa October 2006: Palin: I have great respect for the senator…. His voice, his experience, his passion needs to be heard across America...There’s a big difference between reality and perception regarding our relationship. Heh, indeed.
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CNN Political Ticker 10/28/2008
(CNN) – Sarah Palin said Tuesday Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens should resign his Senate seat, in a statement released hours after John McCain made a similar declaration.
The comments come a day after Palin would not say what she thought the best ...
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