ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest serving Republican in Senate history, narrowly lost his re-election bid Tuesday, marking the downfall of a Washington political power and Alaska icon who couldn't survive a conviction on federal corruption charges. His defeat to Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich moves Senate Democrats closer to a filibuster-proof 60-vote majority.Stevens' ouster on his 85th birthday marks an abrupt realignment in Alaska politics and will alter the power structure in the Senate, where he has served since the days of the Johnson administration while holding seats on some of the most influential committees in Congress.
Another Rebulican Loses
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They were doing stories of Sen. Ted Stevens already when they were trying to bash Sarah Palin, so this is no surprise.I was watching FOX news the other night and most people interviewed thought that we have a Republican majority congress and that's why they voted democratic and a democratic president (they want "change" of course).They'll get "change" alright---- probably a few token nickels and dimes tax rebate and then the cost of everything else will skyrocket and taxed more on other things.With this massive ignorance, the people jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire. They did not know they voted more of the same into Congress.The more news one watches, the more depressing it becomes. If I was not a Christian, I'd start to panic at this point because I've seen some downturns in the 49 years of my life, but not like this so suddenly (although I've been saying for years that there were dire signs in our so-called "sound" economy that the economists claimed just about 2 short years ago).As I type this, the news is talking about the automotive industries going under and the possible loss of 3,000,000 jobs if this happens. Mitt Romney warned that bailing them out is a GUARANTEE that they will fail, and probably sink our economy into a depression. He had a plan to do otherwise and the news commentators thought his plan was great, but then lamented, "We had our chance". Right. The people wanted "change" instead.