Stevens Indictment Means Trouble for GOP on Senate Seat

[babylonsister]

Stevens Indictment Means Trouble for GOP on Senate Seat
By Rachel Kapochunas, CQ Staff


The indictment Tuesday of longtime Alaska Republican Sen. Ted Stevens puts Republicans in serious jeopardy of losing his Senate seat to the Democrats this year.

The 84-year-old Stevens, the longest serving GOP senator in history, had been narrowly favored to win re-election. Stevens has a longstanding reputation in the state for bringing home much-needed federal funds, but Democrats strongly targeted him for defeat this year, due to ethics questions raised by the oil services company Veco Corporation scandal.

But an indictment was viewed by many as a breaking point for Alaskan loyalty to the senator.

In the immediate aftermath of the indictment news, with no major GOP candidate on the Senate ticket other than Stevens, CQ Politics is changing its rating of the race from Leans Republican to Leans Democratic.

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http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5&docID=news-000002928674

[Catshrink]

1. I'm so sad

:cry:

NOT!!!!

[bdamomma]

5. sooner or later these thugs will be caught.

[Blue_In_AK]

2. And people here laughed at me

when I said Alaska could return to its Democratic roots this year. Obama may not pull it out, but I feel pretty confident that we'll take the Senate and House seats. Politics here is in a bit of a turmoil, and I'm loving it.

[babylonsister]

4. Yes, I know you've been waiting for this. Very sweet! Finally! nt

[DianaForRussFeingold]

3. Thank You! I'm watching it now on C-SPAN 2

:kick:

[bdamomma]

6. ON C SPAN 2 NOW.

http://www.cspan.org/Watch/C-SPAN2_wm.aspx


oh whew they are taking calls on C Span come Alaskans constituents call in.

[DianaForRussFeingold]

10. Thank you for the link...They're taking calls!

:woohoo:

[spanone]

7. stevens is probably a sacrificial lamb...

[babylonsister]

8. Nah, Stevens is very deserving of everything he's about to get.

Alaskan politics are ugly; he's the last in a line of crooked rethugs there. Maybe his son will be next.

[Gman]

12. That's not an unlikely scenario

given that Rush is not even talking about this right now.

[bdamomma]

9. listen to calls coming in.

repig called saying more Senators should be indicted, and they don't care about the American people.

[Gman]

11. I don't know what Alaskan election law is on the matter

but I look for the GOP to pull the switheroo after Stevens resigns.