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Sarah Palin won't become a U.S. Senator, at least in the next few months. Her shot at joining the Senate has disappeared now that Republican Ted Stevens has been declared the loser in Alaska's Senate race. Stevens, convicted recently on federal corruption charges, lost to Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich.
Just days ago, Palin's GOP acolytes were hoping that Stevens would beat Begich -- but then be ousted from Congress by his GOP colleagues. Indeed, Senate Republicans had been poised Tuesday to do just that. They decided to wait for the final vote totals to roll in from Alaska.
If Stevens had been elected and then expelled from the Senate, Palin would have had the opportunity to be elected to move into Stevens' seat. But Begich took matters into his own hand by defeating Stevens. Begich's victory spared Alaskans -- and the nation -- the sight of Palin sitting in the U.S. Senate.
IF General Motors, Ford and Chrysler get the bailout that their chief executives asked for yesterday, you can kiss the American automotive industry goodbye. It won’t go overnight, but its demise will be virtually guaranteed. Without that bailout, Detroit will need to drastically restructure itself. With it, the automakers will stay the course — the suicidal course of declining market shares, insurmountable labor and retiree burdens, technology atrophy, product inferiority and never-ending job losses. Detroit needs a turnaround, not a check. By MITT ROMNEY