rollcall.com - 11/2/2008
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rollcall.com —
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) was forced
into the middle of Sen. Ted Stevens' (R-Alaska) re-election
bid late Saturday night after a senior Senate Democrat endorsed Stevens and called on voters to disregard his seven-count felony conviction.
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Reid Says Stevens Cannot Serve
adn.com - 10/31/2008
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adn.com —
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
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HULK IN DENIAL
Eschaton —
BREAKING NEWS: According To A High Placed DC Insider, Ted Stevens Was Not Convicted After All
DownWithTyranny! —
Of course the high placed DC Insider is the most senior-- and one of the most senile-- Republican in the Senate, Ted Stevens himself. "I have not been convicted" the Alaska senator told supporters when he got home, perhaps assuming that the news hasn't reached that far north yet. Today's Anchorage Daily News did get the word though that Senator Ted had indeed been convicted, unanimously so on all 7 counts. Like any other criminal, he's entitled to appeal. But, like any other criminal, he's been convicted. And the biggest newspaper in the state just endorsed his opponent, Mark Begich. We recognize that Sen. ...
Oh My
Eschaton —
Nobody Wants To End The War More Than Joe Lieberman
Eschaton —
Nobody Wants To End The War More Than Joe Lieberman It is true that Joe Lieberman has made some terrible choices. If not for his deeply dishonest 2006 Senate campaign I might even give him a bit of credit and say he stuck to his principles. He gambled on the straight talk express, and is probably going to lose.
Battleground States
Eschaton —
Nobody Wants To End The War More Than Joe Lieberman It is true that Joe Lieberman has made some terrible choices. If not for his deeply dishonest 2006 Senate campaign I might even give him a bit of credit and say he stuck to his principles. He gambled on the straight talk express, and is probably going to lose.
Predictable As Sunrise
Eschaton —
Predictable As Sunrise Indeed.
Evening Thread
Eschaton —
Evening Thread Out for awhile. No blog for you until I return.
Open Thread
Eschaton —
Open Thread I had to leave my costume party early. My "Admiral Stockdale" outfit just doesn't go over that well anymore. UPDATE: Nice phone bank workers the McCain campaign is hiring, wow!
More Thread
Eschaton —
More Thread It's nice that John McCain is getting that historical punchline thing out of the way early. How Maveriffic!
Poll Porn
Eschaton —
Poll Porn CNN sez Hagan up 53-44 over Dole. ...McCain losing ground in Gallup.
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Ted Stevens
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:
I was convicted of a felony, but have served my time and am ...
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 ...
Ted Stevens refuses to talk to Mark Begich.
thinkprogress.org 12/12/2008 — Last month, convicted felon Ted Stevens lost his U.S. Senate re-election bid to Democrat Mark Begich. The Anchorage Daily News reports that while Begich has tried to reach out, Stevens is ignoring him. Begich’s press secretary Julie Hasquet, ...
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 ...
Ted Stevens found guilty in corruption case - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com 10/27/2008 — WASHINGTON Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was convicted of seven corruption charges Monday in a trial that threatened to end the 40-year career of Alaska's political patriarch in disgrace. The verdict, coming barely a week before Election Day , increased ...
AP: Ted Stevens Has Lost Re-Election
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/19/2008 — The Associated Press has projected that GOP Senator and convicted felon Ted Stevens has lost re-election, with the final major batch of absentee ballots giving Democratic challenger Mark Begich an insurmountable lead.
The current vote count : ...
Ted Stevens Will Have One Fewer Vote Next Tuesday
motherjones.com 10/28/2008 — 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 ...
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