Indictment opens up GOP race for Senate, pollsters say

[brooklynite]

Source: Anchorage Daily News

Today's indictment of U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens throws the Republican primary for the Senate race wide open, Alaska pollsters say.

Ted's prospects for winning the primary, they obviously just went up in smoke," said Anchorage pollster Marc Hellenthal. "It kind of opens up the Republican primary."

Hellenthal said developer David Cuddy would be the odds-on favorite for the Republican nomination but has run a lackluster campaign so far. He said the wild card is Alaska political newcomer Vic Vickers, owner of a Florida-based maritime company, who plans to spend $750,000 of his own money on winning the primary.

"If a guy is going to spend $750,000, you can't ignore him, and it's not like Dave (Cuddy) is a household name," Hellenthal said.

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[SpiralHawk]

1. "Hmmm, there must be another deviant crook we can nominate..." - GOP

"To complete our kinky cabal of moneybuck-grubbing Homelander freaks..."

- GOP

[opihimoimoi]

2. LOVE IT...the end is near" Jush hilarious

:toast:

[trashcanistanista]

3. Fabulous picture!

ain't it the truth!!

[ShockediSay]

6. Ted Stevens? A corrupt crook?IMHO it's the lobbyists, stupid.

Them and him, imho

[David__77]

4. So do we want him as the nominee?

Or can the seat, finally, be taken anyway? It's time, after 28 years, for the Democrats to hold an Alaska senate seat. Can we just get half of SF to move to Anchorage in time for the election?

[MasonJar]

5. Supposedly the former mayor of Anchorage, a Democrat, was ahead of

Stevens anyway.