Which other GOPer on the primary ballot do we need to rally around?

I say this because I get this funny feeling that Stevens will just continue to run for reelection anyway — the demands for his resignation being lost in the tubes that are the internets.

With the relevant Alaskan statute(s). Can his name be removed from the ballot at this time?

He has raised over $2M for the election and his primary competition is almost broke.

I also note the William Jefferson (D-LA) is also running for re-election. So why keep unilaterally disarming? It really doesn’t matter if he resigns or not, his indictment is still going to be used to tar the Republicans.

If we toss him under the bus, then we are guarunteed to lose the seat. If we let him spend his money, and somehow eek out a win, then we can appoint a Republican to replace him after he does resign.

Sorry to be harsh, but after Foley in 2006 we should have learned that taking the high road is just a guaruntee of a loss. There are times when we have to decide between principles and victory. We know how the the other side will choose.

I say we affirm the principle of innocent until proven guilty and let him run. All the other options are guarunteed to lose.

Which other GOPer on the primary ballot do we need to rally around?

I say this because I get this funny feeling that Stevens will just continue to run for reelection anyway — the demands for his resignation being lost in the tubes that are the internets.

With the relevant Alaskan statute(s). Can his name be removed from the ballot at this time?

Let’s hope Alaska Republicans aren’t into self-immolation.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/thescorecard/2008/07/stevensfacingwellfundedprimary_challenge.html

… there is one poster here who has been upset with those of us who has not been to happy with Ted Stevens. I wonder if that poster from Alaska feels the same way now?

PS: That is honestly not a dig. I am just wondering if this is enough for him to have a change of heart?

To much corruption by the “good old boys” in the party are responsible for losing the majority in my opinion. I am one who wants to change that. Earmark porkers like Ted and those who sit on Appropriations need to go. Ted just threw gasoline on the fire finally.

Jefferson their arrogance and ego will not permit them to….this is not about We the People this is about THEM and other politicians who think they know more and are “better” than anyone of us….I cannot wait to see this piece of crap in leg irons doing the perp walk!

Republicans would look much better if they turned him out in the August 26 primary.

Republicans would look much better if they just turned him out in the August 26 primary.

to RedState these days and if I didn’t have to log on everytime I go to RedState, I would have responded earlier.

One could hope that he would resign, but I’d be shocked if he did; he’s a stubborn, arrogant old cuss. Until this, I’d have said he would win, closer than usual, but he’d win. Now I think you all should get used to Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska). I hope the DNC puts the SAIC in their Hall of Fame; too late to spin up much money or organization on behalf of Dave Cuddy, Stevens’ primary opponent. Cuddy is the scion of a banking family and served in the Leg here but has little name ID. Begich’s dad was a Congressman who was lost on a flight over Prince William Sound, along with Hale Boggs. Begich the younger is a fairly popular mayor of Anchorage and is pretty much a shoo-in now. Cuddy has personal wealth, so money isn’t much of a problem, but name ID and organization are almost impossible at this late date. Get used to the idea of Alaska not being a reliably Red state.

Alaska Politics first:

CQ has already changed the rating to lean Democrat for the Senate race. Second, primary voters would have to let Stevens win the primary and then chose a replacement if he choses to stop his re-election process. The problem then becomes who do you select to replace him?

Nationwide Implications:

A huge reason Republicans lost in 06 was the perception of corruption and this is going to impact all Republicans. Already in NH for example Sununu is being hit for having Stevens money.

Nat’l Democrats will use this daily to hit Republicans. Sadly, the public really doesn’t expect much from Dems on the moral compass but Republicans always get hit harder.

Alaska Republicans please give us your take.

Put yourself in Senator Stevens’ shoes. He’s merely been indicted (though it looks fairly bad), and people are asking him to resign?

He need look no further than to his GOP colleague, Senator Craig, who plead guilty to, ahem, shenanigans of the most tawdry variety in the men’s bathroom.

And he merely locked it down and didn’t resign.

If Senator Craig is not going to resign after pleading guilty to what he did, why on earth would Senator Stevens resign after getting indicted for (allegedly) doing what he did?

Stevens should look at Craig still skulking around the Senate cloak room, and tell all the handwringers here: “Thanks guys, I’m all good.”

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That isn’t the issue, SteveLA.
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Achance July 29th, 2008 at 11:47 p.m. (link)
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They’ve milked this for everything it’s worth. Some people did some bad, stupid things, maybe Stevens among them, but the FBI has totally politicized this thing by stringing it out, playing the leaks, rumor, and inuendo game; the whole nine yards. When this is over and Alaska sends a Democrat to DC for the first time since ’80, the DNC should put the SAIC in their Hall of Fame.
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In Vino Veritas

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Yeah, people did some really stupid, some criminal stuff under Murkowski. Like the shady deals with the AFSCME to not represent witnesses and victims of Federal Crimes. Must have felt powerful knowing you could break any law and the ‘exclusive representation’ of the employee was contracted to not make a sound.

I guess the language of resolving at the lowest possible venue is too hard to comprehend for a corrupt bastard. Always find a way to shift the burden onto the person who you should be working for. Have things escalated enough to where you finnaly feel that your schemes are what are bringing down the Republicans? Are you feeling defeated Now that Ted is indicted? Wait, and worry, and expect more indictments for all the conspiring labor henchmen, DEMOCRATS included.

That fact will drive what Ted Stevens wants and there’s little he can deal with. From what I’ve seen, and we’ve been drowning in VECO news here for almost two years, they probably have Ted dead to rights and could easily have brought the same evidence here with a corruption, maybe even a bribery charge. Of course, they’d have to face an Alaska jury, so they brought it as financial disclosure charges in DC where he can be convicted of being a Republican if nothing else.

So, I suspect the FBI will be seeking Ted Stevens’ cooperation to try to get them to save or go light on Ben Stevens back here.