Senator Stevens Guilty

Good.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was convicted of seven corruption charges Monday in a trial that threatened to end the 40-year career of Alaska’s political patriarch in disgrace. The verdict, coming barely a week before Election Day, increased Stevens’ difficulty in winning what already was a difficult race against Democratic challenger Mark Begich. Democrats hope to seize the once reliably Republican seat as part of their bid for a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate.

It’s a shame that the GOP allowed this crook to remain in office so long that now it may lead to the Dems holding a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate.  Politicians have lost any ability to take a longer view of the world.