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The Democrats are salivating at the idea that a jury of their peers may have cleared the way for a Democratic supermajority of 60 seats in the Senate. But Stevens' chances are better than you might think. The latest polls, from earlier this month, show him in a nearly dead...
But for some of Stevens' associates, there are signs of resignation. Longtime friend Jack Roderick (the two men once practiced law together in the '60s) sounded subdued when reached at his Anchorage home. "It's sad," he said. "It's just sad on a personal level." Roderick, however, defended his...
Stevens' image problems did not, however, begin with the trial. Allegations of his friends and relatives benefiting from federal largesse have circulated in Alaska for years. While his trial was underway, a story broke about $2.7 million in federal funding that Stevens directed to be used to pave a rural...
Still, to only focus on Stevens' venality is to miss the deep - and requited - love he had for his constituents during his more than 40 years in public office. Don Mitchell, an Anchorage attorney who for years was the Washington, D.C., council for the influential Alaska Federation of Natives, is...
If you need more proof of Stevens' power, just look at Sarah Palin's mild response to the verdict. She hasn't been shy in the past about calling on tainted politicians to step down; she won the governor's race by running loudly against the corrupt old-boys' network...