Sen. Ted Stevens

This press release from the Alaska Republican Party, via ThinkProgress, is truly sad:
The Alaska Republican Party further believes that current Senator Mark Begich should resign his position to allow for a new, special election, so Alaskans may have the chance to vote for a Senator without the improper influence of the corrupt Department of Justice.
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Somewhere, Marcia Clark is pouring prosecutors on the Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) case a drink.
NPR is reporting this morning that the Justice Department plans to drop what once looked like an open-and-shut case against the case against the longest-serving Republican senator in history.
Things looked bleak for Stevens when a federal indictment dropped in July. Prosecutors [...]