Cranky, crooked Ted Stevens, in a tight race for re-election, spent yesterday on the witness stand in his corruption trial

In the midst of all the political news, let's not overlook the fact that a United States Senator was on the stand yesterday in his criminal trial. That would be Ted Stevens, who according to Dana Milbank, wasn't quite the best witness:

A sympathetic witness Stevens was not. Indeed, it's hard to imagine why defense lawyer Brendan Sullivan thought it was a good idea to have his client take the stand -- unless, of course, it was Stevens himself who insisted on fulfilling what he told the judge was "a privilege and a duty" to testify.

Whatever the reasoning, Stevens's presence on the stand seemed to only further weaken his contention that he meant to pay for all the gifts -- the deck, the grill, the Christmas lights, the furniture, the art, the puppy -- given to him by Veco's chief executive.

Not helping himself. Ted will be back on the stand on Monday.

Stevens is in a very, very close race with his opponent, Mark Begich. We have an ActBlue page for Begich. A little goes a long way in Alaska. Begich also did a video for us over the summer:



Via Pollster.com, the state of the race:


How fun will it be when Alaskans dump Ted Stevens when Palin is on the top of the ticket?