ted stevens

It looks like Sen. Ted Stevens, convicted of seven federal felony counts of bribery-related charges, has opened the door to asking for a presidential pardon, according to Politico:
Asked Nov. 18 if [Stevens] would seek a pardon from President George W. Bush, Stevens told reporters at the Capitol, “No, no, no.” But later that day, he [...]

I’m still thinking about Sen. Ted Stevens’ farewell speech he gave on the floor of the Senate this morning. When he finished speaking, Stevens received a standing ovation from the mostly Republican crowd there and a nice send-off from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).
On the one hand, it’s appalling to think about members of [...]

Sen. Ted Stevens, who conceded defeat to Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich yesterday, spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate this morning for the last time in his 40 years serving in the upper chamber.
To sum up four decades of work in just a few minutes is tough, as Stevens noted, so he stuck to [...]

Democratic Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich defeated Sen. Ted Stevens in the drawn-out race for Stevens’ Senate seat, the Anchorage Daily News reports.
Begich is ahead by 3,724 votes, with only 2,500 overseas ballots left to be counted.
On Election Day, Stevens appeared to have won by 1.5 percent of the vote, but that was before mail-in ballots [...]

With all precincts now reporting, Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich has significantly widened his lead over Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) today in the vote tally, according to the Alaska Divisions of Elections.
Begich appears to be up by 2,374 votes. At last count he was up by 1,022. The Anchorage Daily News reports that updated numbers will [...]

The Anchorage Daily News reports that by tomorrow we might know whether Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) has managed to hang on to his Senate seat
Most of the 24,000 ballots left to be counted are from Anchorage voters, a good sign for Stevens’ Democratic challenger, Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich, who took the lead in the vote [...]

I don’t know if I can handle any more Alaska drama!
The Anchorage Daily News reports this morning that Democratic Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich has pulled ahead of Sen. Ted Stevens in the vote tally expected to take about another week to complete.

In an interview tonight with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, Palin said she hasn’t ruled out filling Sen. Ted Stevens’ Senate seat if he is reelected and the Senate ejects him for his felony conviction.
She said she doesn’t want “to close any doors” on her future.
She also said she is not  “egotistical” enough to appoint herself to [...]

Papers have reportedly been filed for a new corporation to cash in on her fame with myriad money-making projects. One is Black Ice, a consulting firm specializing in personal vendettas.

The U.S. Senate race in Alaska is still too close to call. Sen. Ted Stevens (R), just convicted of seven bribery-related felony counts, is up by 3,257 votes with 60,000 early votes and absentee votes still to be counted. Another 16,000 “questionable ballots” need to be examined.
Who will win? It’s either candidate’s game at this [...]