Sarah Palin and McCain were dumb for not endorsing Stevens.
Palin should have strongly supported Stevens while calling for him to retire effective January 1st.
Sarah was given some really stupid advice by the McCain campaign.
I hope Sarah is happy that Stevens lost the election . . .
The Dem who looks to replace him is probably just as much of a crook as the other pukes Sarah has been kicking out of office.
It would pay to find out who this Mark Begich is ~ his father, for example, was an Alaskan politician. He and Hale Boggs (Cokie Roberts father) were killed in a plane crash in Alaska.
However, you look up Mark Begich you find Young, Murkowski, and a host of other old guard types who created the most corrupt Dem and Republican political machines in North America.
The younger Mark here is the elder's son, and he's heir to the corrupt Alaskan Democrat political machine!
Mark is the defacto leader of the corrupt old guard.
Which is to say he's definitely gonna' be a short timer!
What would that do?
One of Gov Palin’s strong suites is taking on corruption in her own party in AK, but you wanted her to strongly support Stevens ? Explain the logic there. It would have required her to adopt the corruption she has fought. Stevens did this to himself, without Gov Palin’s support.
Her Lt Gov ran v. Stevens in the primary, and lost. If Stevens pulls it out to win the election, she can appoint the Lt Gov to the Senate seat when Stevens is forced to resign. If Begich wins he’s in office for six years.