youtube.com - 11/21/2008
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And Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid sings his praises.
thinkprogress.org - 11/20/2008
washingtonpost.com - 11/19/2008
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washingtonpost.com —
Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, is pursued by members
of the media on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday,
Nov. 18, 2008, after attending a Republican Caucus . (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Sen. Ted Stevens Loses Reelection Bid
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Senators Pay Tribute To Convicted Felon
Daily Kos —
Watch the U.S. Senate give convicted felon Ted Stevens a standing ovation. And here's Harry Reid's contribution to the love-fest: I rise to say farewell to our distinguished colleague, the senior senator from the state of Alaska. For Ted Stevens, public service has been more than a career. It's really been his life's calling. Uh, Harry? Corruption is not a public service. Of course it's not too surprising that Reid would call a criminal a "distinguished colleague." After all, he calls Joe Lieberman a Democrat.
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Matt Lewis: Senators Give Convicted Felon a Standing Ovation
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
I saw this over at the liberal Daily Kos, and agree that this is quite disturbing, though not terribly surprising...
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corner.nationalreview.com 10/27/2008 — has been found guilty.
I know that numbers in the Senate matter, but this is one seat I didn't care to win with. Republicans should have pressured him to resign long before today. But they, of course, didn't. And so here we are.
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:
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Ted Stevens Guilty
oliverwillis.com 10/27/2008 — Amen .
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 uncertainty to a closely watched Senate race. Democrats ...
Pelosi to automakers: Bring it in writing —
First Read 11/21/2008
From NBC's Carrie Dann They're on notice.
At her weekly press briefing this morning, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reiterated a stern call to America's automakers to lay out a plan for their own survival in advance of a proposed lame duck session ...
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