Happy Birthday, Sen. Stevens. Take the Rest of Your Life Off

The Dems pick up another Senate seat, but I don't think the GOP will complain. They were just about to kick him out anyway:

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has lost his bid for a seventh term. The longest-serving Republican in the history of the Senate trailed Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich by 3,724 votes after Tuesday's count. That's an insurmountable lead with only about 2,500 overseas ballots left to be counted.

Stevens, who turned 85 Tuesday, also revealed that he will not ask President George W. Bush to give him a pardon for his seven felony convictions.

From the Bridge to Nowhere to the Cell in Nowhere.