Alaska GOP Congressman Don Young Says Former Senator Ted Stevens Should Run Against Sarah Palin in 2010

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.