MORNING READ

The federal indictment of Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) won’t help Republicans in November, according to bloggers on both sides. Barack Obama is coming across a tad too arrogant for conservative bloggers’ tastes, while John McCain’s campaign has become too negative for liberal bloggers.

Stevens, who faces charges that he concealed corporate gifts, should have left his Senate race a year ago, when his questionable relationship to VECO Corp. was already public and when many conservatives were fed up with his pork-barrel antics, writes Hot Air’s Ed Morrissey. Stevens should resign and allow Senate Republicans to cleanse their caucus and focus on reform, writes The Corner’s Kathryn Jean Lopez. The indictment will get Democrats closer to holding 60 Senate seats, according to MyDD’s Todd Beeton, who notes that several GOP senators have returned donations from Stevens. Popular Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R), doesn’t seem interested in replacing Stevens, which is great news for Democrats, notes kos.

The dissonance between Obama’s “great man” campaign and his thin resume is the reason why he’s so divisive, writes RedState’s Dan McLaughlin, who adds that George Washington would blush if his campaign resembled the Illinois senator