My sis, the social worker, once asked me how Republicans were any different from Democrats. She's a liberal, of course.
I responded that, when a GOP politician was found with his hand in the till (or his hand on the young men), conservatives in the party will disown him and actively work for his removal.
Democrat officials and voters, however, seem to circle the wagons around their most corrupt and amoral. See William Jefferson...
If Stevens were a Democrat, this wouldn't be a big deal -- to the party, the media...or the liberal voters. But, since Stevens is a Republican, he's friggin' doomed.
And good riddance.
Look how they went after Larry Craig and David Vitter.
Compare the petty corruption of Ted Stevens ... to Chris Dodd, who inserted language written by Bank of America into the Mortage bailout bill. How many billions is that going to cost taxpayers ... for $70,000 in favorable mortage terms for Dodd? And where is the outrage for that?