Tarred by Scandal, Republicans May Be Losing Alaska

[DCBob]

Good article in the Washington Post this morning about the effect of Stevens' and other scandals that may turn "red" AK to "blue". Here is a snippet:

It might be even more different after Nov. 4. The relentless tattoo of scandal -- coupled with the drag of presumptive GOP presidential nominee John McCain's tepid local support and a Democratic field offering a new generation of political leadership -- threatens a Republican stranglehold on Alaska politics that dates to the oil boom of the 1970s. "I expect us to have, for the first time in 28 years, at least one Democrat in the congressional delegation," said Gerald McBeath, a political scientist at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/15/AR2008081503441.html

There is a more detailed article about Stevens also in the Washington Post this morning.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/15/AR2008081503207.html

With a trial looming, its possible Stevens could become the "Mark Foley" 2008. Wouldn't that be grand!