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Begich beats Stevens and blocks Palin

Sen. Ted Stevens, recently convicted on seven felony counts, has lost his re-election bid today — his 85th birthday.

Stevens says he’s innocent until appeals run out

In one mindless, self-serving statement, Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, perfectly epitomized the attitude of conservative Republican politicians.
In one stroke Stevens denied reality, set himself above the law and demanded others accept what he was saying as true because he said so.
Even after President George W. Bush’s, “I’m the decider; I get to decide,” hubris, [...]

Where there’s conflict-of-interest smoke . . .

Sen. John McCain has woven a tangled web of erratic behavior, grandstanding and BS in recent days, the better to deceive. In his latest New York Times column, Frank Rich unravels the why and wherefore.