With charges dropped against Stevens, Alaska GOP now calling on Begich to resign.

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/02/stevens-begich-election/

With charges dropped against Stevens, Alaska GOP now calling on Begich to resign.

Yesterday, Attorney General Eric Holder said that he was asking a judge to drop all charges against former Alaska senator Ted Stevens because of prosecutorial misconduct by Justice Department lawyers. In response, the Alaska Republican party today sent out a press release hailing the announcement and calling for the resignation of Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK), who defeated Stevens this past November:

The Alaska Republican Party further believes that current Senator Mark Begich should resign his position to allow for a new, special election, so Alaskans may have the chance to vote for a Senator without the improper influence of the corrupt Department of Justice.

The only reason Mark Begich won the election in November is because a few thousand Alaskans thought that Senator Ted Stevens was guilty of seven felonies. Senator Stevens has maintained his innocence and now, even the Department of Justice acknowedges it’s wrong doing.

[derby378]

1. GOP should't blame Eric Holder - they should blame Michael Mukasey

It was his DoJ that screwed things up. No sense in punishing Begich for something he didn't do.

[merh]

15. Gonzales appointed Welch to be chief of Public Integrity

and he made Morris his chief deputy. Together the two, Welch & Morris, corruptly prosecuted the allegedly corrupt Stevens. Such a gop mess, I am glad to read that the GOP recognizes how corrupt Bush's DOJ was.



They need to remember that when other political prosecutions are dismissed.

[montanacowboy]

2. I was waiting for this to happen

ha!

[w4rma]

3. Who thinks this was a good move to let this guy off scott free, now? (nt)

[MadBadger]

5. If there was prosecutorial misconduct then i do.

[polmaven]

13. I do too...

There was apparently some astonishing misconduct. Already the Obama White House is showing a gazillion times the integrity of the last ...um...what's the term I'm looking for? Oh, yeah...criminal enterprise.

[babylonsister]

7. It was an honorable move. I have no problem with what Holder did. nt

[DeepBlueC]

4. tuff shit

Yeah, that'll happen.

[WI_DEM]

6. No need for him to resign. This is just typical republican nonsense.

[mainegreen]

8. Your vote counts, no matter what reasons, true or false, you held when you voted.

Tough shit.

You get one vote.

[islandmkl]

9. Begich should tell those 'pukes:

"Get back to me when that crap in Minnesota is straightened out..."

[gratuitous]

10. Thank you for your concern, Alaska GOP

I would suggest that you contact Bush's Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and make your case to him. If he even remembers that he was once the Attorney General. The people spoke in November 2008, and you don't get a do-over. Go back to an elementary school four-square game for that.

[TechBear_Seattle]

11. Typical Republicker response: "We want a revote!!"

:eyes:

[no_hypocrisy]

12. Does that mean that Don Siegelman can return as governor too?

[Xithras]

14. There are apparently now calls for him to run for governor.

Palin's term is up next year and many Alaskan's are unhappy with her because of her newfound national focus, and his popularity has always been higher than hers. With the conviction set aside, and with his long history in the state, he could probably win if he ran.

I was listening to the radio on the way in from work this morning, and they brought up a chilling possibility. Stevens could run for governor next year, freeing up Palin to run for President in 2012. She'll lose, of course, but would gain a tremendous amount of national exposure in the process. Two years after that, Palin will be able to run against Begich for his Senate seat and use both her Alaskan political credentials AND her national political connections as strategic advantages during the race. The political consultant discussing this (a Democrat) was asked whether she could win. His answer? "Probably. Alaska is a largely Republican state. Stevens was a convicted felon during the last election facing a jail term, and Begich still won by less than a two percent margin. Up against a popular Republican political figure like Palin, he'd have an extremely hard fight to hang onto his seat."

The nice part about Governor Palin is that, at the end of the day, she's Alaska's problem to deal with. The thought that the rest of us might have to deal with SENATOR Palin bugs the crap out of me. The party needs to start running anti-Palin ad's in Alaska non-stop for the next six years...we can't allow her to get into national government.

[sinkingfeeling]

16. Don't you love the way the GOP respects elections and the voting laws?

[butterfly77]

17. WTF!

these people really think they own these seats for life. I wish people would wake up and start voting out a lot of these people..

[WeDidIt]

18. NO DO-OVERS!

Sorry GOPpers, your boys blew the prosecution. Holder just made it right when he found the misconduct.

So blow it out your ass.