Democratic Senator from Hawaii Daniel K. Inouye has been maintaining open and active support for long-time friend and colleague Republican Senator from Alaska, Ted Stevens. Stevens has been indicted on corruption charges and has been receiving huge amounts of criticism, especially with the nomination of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin for McCain's running mate. Inouye, however, says that friendship comes before partisanship and has donated to Stevens' campaign and spoken several times on his behalf.
Will Inouye's actions hurt the Democratic ticket in November? Unlike Senator Joe Lieberman, Inouye has not sought to discredit his fellow Democrats in any way and the Democrats are naturally downplaying his support for the Republican Senator. Furthermore, while Inouye has donated $10,ooo to Stevens' campaign, he has given to no other Republicans and has given $175,000 to other Democrats and Democratic causes. It seems that this is a genuine case of feel-good politics - one politician supporting another from the other side who he feels a connection to and compassion for. Imagine that.
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