Posted on 07/29/2008 9:46:05 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has indicted Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, on seven counts of making false statements to federal officers investigating an Alaska businessman.
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There are two issues, and neither have any requirement that Stevens doe what’s best for the party.
His current Senate seat is his until January. Even if he resigns, the governor cannot select a replacement.. it would require a special election, and we are too close to the general for that. It’s either Stevens, or an empty Senate seat.
For the election, Stevens can stay in the race, even from prison. He can’t be taken off the primary ballot involuntarily. So here’s the timeline:
1. Stevens drops out before the primary. (The primary winner runs in the general, would hopefully be self-funding considering the lack of name recognition and the short campaign season.)
2. Stevens runs in the primary, but loses. (The primary winner runs in the general; not sure about this happening with the anti-Stevens vote split among 6 Republicans.)
3. Stevens runs in the primary, wins, but then drops out before the general. (The Alaska Republican Party selects a candidate to replace Stevens on the ballot.)
4. Stevens runs in the primary, wins, and then runs in the general. (Sen. Begich, D-AK)
Is Nanook of the North still alive? Maybe the governor could appoint him should Stevens resign. We’ll just have to make sure he won’t add earmarks for the Igloo to Nowhere.
Exactly. Let’s get a Democratic Senator in Alaska to permanently never drill. Let’s also let the Democrats consolidate more power through political assasination while the Republicans just sit there and take it. Republicans, you had better start remembering how to play dirty pool. The people in Justice are assisting in this coup’de etat. Every Senator has some form of dirty secret. Right now, I see factual connections to a dozen prominent Democrats to Countrywide and the Mortgage scandal. This scandal will ultimately bankrupt our nation. But now I see ‘allegations’ of falsely reporting income. Even if it’s true, so what? You make a mistake on your tax return to the IRS it’s falsely reporting income!
Now, if he accepted kickbacks and bribes like the Democrats and the Mortgage scandal then he should be behind bars. But I already know people like Chris Dodd are going to walk. And do you know what? We as investors are discontinuing doing business with America. We all know the nth the game is seriously rigged with government and banking, the twin city empire of NY and D.C. locked at the hip.
Good news, another RINO bites the dust. First Murkowski lost his primary, now I wonder if Don Young is next?
Nail>Bang>Head
This is the same Justice Department who still hasn’t been able to indict William Jefferson in Louisiana? Give me a break!
If not for RINOs there wouldn't be enough Rs to fill a city bus.
Well Harry and Nancy will ride this into the Culture or Corruption mantra again.
So glad I left the GOP years ago. I’d really love to see a true, noble conservative lead the GOP back but I don’t see it.
Good. Put him away. He’s exactly what’s wrong in Washington.
Never liked the arrogant bastard. A gain for the Republican party imo.
He may just win, don’t discount the second coming so quickly. He is just like Adolph Hitler and I mean it. Our country is already becoming fascists due to 25 years of economic stupidity. And just like Adolph, father left and mother died. This kind of sad life scenerios create people with the intent to help, but are willing to sacrifice millions to prove there intent. What matters is on election day. Ask the people: Boomers - voting Obama, Latino’s - voting Obama - People hating Bush - voting Obama. McCain might win because a lot less flip-flops and now using Internet media to spread the message. As for me, I am voting Ron Paul.
I hope he dies alone in prison. Now if we can only find a way to catch the other 99 Senators, we’d be getting somewhere.
Can the Alaska Republicans replace Stevens with a more electable candidate right before the election, like the New Jersey Democrats did in 2002 when they replaced Torricelli with Lautenberg?
I don’t think Obama is going to win.
Kerry and Gore were up big over Bush at this same time.
McCain is breathing down or beating Obama in the battleground states.
Check out the state polls on this thread.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2052294/posts
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Both Craig & Vitter are still in office, so...
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