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WASHINGTON - Several GOP colleagues of indicted Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens distanced themselves politically on Wednesday by donating campaign contributions from him to charity.
Stevens, meanwhile, returned to work in the Senate, actively participating in a committee bill drafting session and casting votes on the floor, where he received warm embraces and gestures of personal support from several colleagues.
"Hey Ted ... say it ain't so," said longtime Democratic colleague and friend Robert Byrd of West Virginia.
But several GOP colleagues, when asked whether Stevens should remain in office despite accusations that he took more than a quarter-million dollars' worth of unreported gifts, offered no encouragement other than to say he is presumed innocent until proven otherwise.
Famous for the "bridge to nowhere" he is now on his own bridge to nowhere.His re-election chances were already looking poor and this should seal the deal.:thumbsup:
WASHINGTON - Several GOP colleagues of indicted Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens distanced themselves politically on Wednesday by donating campaign contributions from him to charity.
Stevens, meanwhile, returned to work in the Senate, actively participating in a committee bill drafting session and casting votes on the floor, where he received warm embraces and gestures of personal support from several colleagues.
"Hey Ted ... say it ain't so," said longtime Democratic colleague and friend Robert Byrd of West Virginia.
But several GOP colleagues, when asked whether Stevens should remain in office despite accusations that he took more than a quarter-million dollars' worth of unreported gifts, offered no encouragement other than to say he is presumed innocent until proven otherwise.
Famous for the "bridge to nowhere" he is now on his own bridge to nowhere.His re-election chances were already looking poor and this should seal the deal.:thumbsup:
