Cantwell folks solve tedstevens.net puzzle
2006-10-27
Source: Seattle Times
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rss feedThe mystery behind an irreverent Web site about Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has apparently been solved.
The site is made to appear to be registered to Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., who has clashed with Stevens in the Senate.
However, the Web site actually is registered to a former Stevens staff member who left his Senate job this summer.
Cantwell and Stevens have been at loggerheads on several issues, including expanding oil drilling in Alaska. And Stevens has been campaigning for Cantwell's Republican challenger, Mike McGavick.
Enter the offending Web site: tedstevens.net.
The site is all Stevens, all the time. It has chronicled - - with sarcasm - the travails of the Republican senator, his staff and his son Ben Stevens, Alaska's state Senate president, as they deal with federal investigators, lobbyists, Democrats and other assorted rivals.
Click here to see the full article.
