Taking the Left Turn at Juneau
Some while back, I stated regarding Senator Stevens of Alaska:
Will these convictions, coupled with his hubris in thinking he could beat the rap, probably move his seat in the Senate across the aisle? Yes. Is keeping the seat more important than justice (i.e., the rule of law being applied to one of the lawgivers)? Undeniably, no. I trust that he (or someone close to him) will recognize that it is time for him to step down.
Though the election did not turn out as I thought it would (I assumed, perhaps naively, that he would simply lose the election outright), the recount has resulted in the end of his time in power. I stand firmly behind my previous thinking and find that Jay Reding’s thoughts on the matter are not dissimilar to my own:
There is no excuse for corruption. Not cleaning house was a major mistake. Losing Stevens’ seat puts the Democrats closer to a filibuster-proof majority, but the Republicans were fools to rely on him in the first place.
Perhaps in whatever time Stevens has left on this mortal sphere, he will take the opportunity to see just how much his lack of concern for the very principles which he (at least at one time) espoused has cost him, the state and the nation which he served so poorly.
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