Senator Mark Begich occupies a seat in the Senate that was won by an outrageous dirty trick: the indictment of incumbent veteran Republican senator Ted Stevens a week before the election on charges that were utterly bogus and later thrown out of court.  Compounding the outrage, Eric Holder’s Justice Department never punished the assistant U.S. attorneys responsible for the misconduct that threw the Senate seat to the Democrat. What is happening now is perfectly legal, but almost as outrageous.  Begich is openly boosting the candidacy of Libertarian Mark Fish in order to siphon off votes from Republican challenger Dan Sullvan.  Andrew Johnson reports at NRO: Mark Begich is hoping an unlikely alliance can help him keep his Senate seat in today’s election. Begich, Alaska’s incumbent Democratic senator, is boosting Libertarian candidate Mark Fish as the former tries to hold on against Republican challenger Dan Sullivan. By boosting Fish’s...(Read Full Post)