[angkor]

It might have been a deal for Bridge To Nowhere ("nowhere" except the Stevens family's 28 acres of vacation property).

[Condor51]

****It might have been a deal for Bridge To Nowhere.****

Nope, no deal there, not needed. The Bridge To Nowhere has been a done deal for months now thanks to some slight of hand shenanigans.

Basically what happened was

• The original earmark (pork) for that bridge was pulled out of that Highway Bill after the brouhaha that ensued when we the people found out about it.
  
• Then the exact same money was inserted into the first Emergency Spending Bill for Katrina Relief and worded for Alaska to use "at its discretion".
• The 'good Senator' Stevens unequivocally stated that of course said money would be used to build the bridge. Or in English - screw you peons, I'm building MY bridge and there ain't a 'darn' thing you can do about it.

  This D.C. slight of hand hanky-panky was reported ONCE on FoxNews, then it disappeared.

So as you see no deal is needed. That bridge will be built.