Ted Stevens, Alaska's Tragic Hero

Senator Ted Stevens was found guilty today on seven counts of corruption. According to Mudflats, Alaskans are "stunned." Stevens many positive contributions to Alaska have been overshadowed by his own hubris:

It’s hard to dispute the fact that Stevens has worked hard, and was a stubborn advocate for his fledgling state when he took power. He brought much to the state that anyone with a lesser constitution would never have been able to pull off. And now, stalwart Alaskan icon Ted Stevens has become a frail, almost dottering, 84-year old convicted felon. The mighty have indeed, fallen. So, it is with a mixture of sadness and elation that even Progressive Alaskans view the outcome of this trial.

Power has corrupted. Arrogance has become karma. Justice has been served.

Oedipus, King Lear, Ted Stevens. Tragic.