Sarah Palin Wants Alaska Senator to Step Down

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This is ridiculous, but that is to be expected of Sarah Palin, and the rest of the current GOP crop of cartoon characters. Former Sen. Ted Stephens lost his re-election bid because he was tried and found guilty on various charges. That guilty verdict has been set aside, because of basically a technicality. Most would not argue that he's automatically innocent.

Sen. Mark Begich, the Democrat, was elected. As far as I know, he's a bad Senator. But they expect him to step down because of the Attorney General's decision? That's just nuts. And it ain't gonna happen.

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Palin echoes Alaska GOP: Sen. Begich should step down to allow new election

Today, the Alaska Republican Party called for Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK) to step down and allow for a new election, in the wake of Attorney General Holder voiding former senator Ted Stevens’s guilty verdict, due to prosecutorial misconduct. This afternoon, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) echoed those calls and pressed for a new election. . .

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