Ted Stevens TANKS

[L. Coyote]

Ted Stevens tanks
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/08/ted-stevens-tan.html


Pollsters and pundits alike have waited in vain this political season for "bounces" in the presidential race -- a swell of support for Mike Huckabee after he won the Iowa caucuses, a billowing of backing for Hillary Clinton after her upset victory in the New Hampshire primary, a surge for Barack Obama at any number of points.

Implosion, however, apparently remains a phenomenon, as in Alaska's closely watched Senate race. Not surprisingly, a new poll finds that Ted Stevens' indictment last week on federal charges related to a corruption probe has taken an immediate toll on the Republican's reelection prospects.

In a masterful bit of timing, Alaskan pollster Ivan Moore had checked the status of Stevens' reelection bid in mid-July, before before the charges were filed. Already singed by scandals that have roiled the GOP in his home state, Stevens trailed his Democratic challenger, Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich, but not by much. The numbers then were Begich 51%, Stevens 43% (the survey's error margin was plus or minus 4.4 percentage points).

In Washington, where Stevens has served in the Senate for almost 40 years, few were prepared to bet against him.

But pollster Moore went back into the field for two days following the indictment and found Begich expanding his 8-point advantage to 21 points. .........

[longship]

1. Much Tanks..

Tank him very much...

Or, I guess Stevens is in the tanks... or maybe jus' down the tubes.

(Sorry about the mixed metaphor :evilgrin:)

Recommended and :kick:ed.

[TlalocW]

2. No wonder Stevens wants a speedy trial

He's really banking on finding a law team smart enough to get him off so he can try and come back to the race from under the cloud he's had hanging over him.

TlalocW

[roguevalley]

3. i took that poll. :)

[malaise]

4. Many Tanks

:D

[Ezlivin]

5. Corruption is a Republican's street cred

Stevens is a dead man walking unless he throws down the right signs.

[Canuckistanian]

6. You could say his career is going down the tubes

Sorry, had to say it...:shrug:

[ThomWV]

7. I'm please the old asswipe won't be reelected, but will he go to jail?

One can only hope.

[4themind]

8. Tank you very much!-nt

[high density]

9. After everything that Ted has done...

...why has this corruption charge suddenly changed some people's minds about him? I guess it just shows why the incumbent almost always gets reelected, because too many people don't pay attention.

[L. Coyote]

10. Good point. This big news really hit the news big time.

Google News has over 3,500 articles listed!! That is very high for big news even.

all 3,593 news articles »
http://news.google.com/news?ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&tab=wn&ncl=1231307345&hl=en

[L. Coyote]

11. Ted is TOAST image

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