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Politcal payback can be so sweet. Now, Republican Represenative Don Young is openly promoting recently vindicated former Alaska U.S. Senator Ted Stevens to run against Alaska Governor Sarah Palin in 2010.

Now that the corruption case against former Sen. Ted Stevens has been dropped, Alaska Rep. Don Young wants Stevens to run for governor — a move that would set up a Republican primary between the veteran lawmaker and Sarah Palin, if she decides to seek a second term in 2010.

“Personally I’d like to see him run for governor, and that’s my personal feeling,” Young told the Alaska Public Radio Network on Thursday. “So, we’ll see what happens down the line. He probably won’t, but I think that would be a great way to cap off a great career as being the governor of the state of Alaska.”

Stevens will be 87 years old by the time the next governor takes office in January 2011.

Now, why would you suppose Representative Young would want an intraparty blood bath among former Republican colleagues?

Sarah Palin backed a GOP primary challenge against Young in 2008 and refused to support him in the general election because of corruption charges.

Don’t look for the octagenarian Stevens to run against Palin any time soon or EVER.

So, should Sarah Palin run for the United States Senate should incumbent convicted felon U.S. Senator Ted Stevens be re-elected and the Senate then expels him in January?

The answer is YES.

Palin would have to run in a special election within 60-90 days of the vacancy as per Alaska law. She would undoubtedly be opposed by Democrat Mark Begich who Ted Stevens will have beaten – even after a federal felony conviction.

Flap says is Palin has a “FREE RIDE” then she should go for it. She would be a STAR in the Senate and would be set for life in a Senate seat that rarely changes occupants.

And, she would establish herself as the leader of the GOP from Washington, D.C..

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Adios, Senator Ted Stevens.

Democrat pick up of this normally safe GOP seat.

Why didn’t the GOP replace Stevens prior to the GOP primary election?