Indictments Don’t Stop Sen. Stevens From Seeking Re-election
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Republican Senator Ted Stevens may be under the gun, but he’s made it known that he’s not going anywhere if he can help it.
Although he faces charges in federal court, Stevens managed to wallop six challengers in the Republican primary with 63 percent of the vote, according to the Associated Press. He beat his closest rival, Dave Cuddy, by a ratio of nearly two-to-one.
And what about the election in November? Piece of cake, he says.
Maybe, maybe not. Next month, Stevens faces a trial that will force him to stay off the campaign trail for several weeks. He will also go up against what the AP calls “his toughest opponent in his 40 years in office,” Mark Begich, the popular mayor of Anchorage.
Begich won his own party’s primary with a devastating 91 percent against two little-known opponents.
Stevens has been indicted on seven counts for neglecting to report gifts he received from the VECO Corporation.
Stevens has been indicted on seven counts for neglecting to report gifts he received from the VECO Corporation.
Often political news takes public focus away from real issues when it hones in on who a politician is secretly sleeping with while the more important issue may be which corporation they're sleeping with and the public expense of that liaison.
Apparently, the Alaska Republican party is in significant disarray with the old guard fighting against the new guard. Stevens has a long record and much of it has been quite good. For a fairly impartial review and comments, I recommend you read http://www.usnews...itics.html
It seems virtually impossible that Stevens will be reelected despite having won the primary. Too bad for his party that he didn't retire instead. Too bad that a good career must end on such a sour note and that he will be remembered for this and not for having helped attain statehood for Alaska, some of the most fair treatmens on indigenous peoples, and a number of other accomplishments.
On the other hand, if guilty, he should spend time in prison.
This sounds like a case of "let the old guy just have his fun." This reminds me of the Strom Thurmond question, when South Carolina just decided to keep electing that ancient man, simply because he wanted it, and they figured it couldn't do much harm in his much later years. Thing is, keeping the status quo is a LOT different than actually doing something and helping run a state, not to mention a country. Stevens should just take the high road, bow out after his term ends, and leave with what integrity he still has, rather than continue to seek an office he clearly abused, and then in turn, have his record knocked around during Senate hearings.
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Often political news takes public focus away from real issues when it hones in on who a politician is secretly sleeping with while the more important issue may be which corporation they're sleeping with and the public expense of that liaison.