Today is primary day in Alaska. 

Just in time for the primary, Ted Stevens' defense team launched an attack on the federal prosecutors from the U.S. Department of Justice who are bringing the case against the Alaska Senator.   They're alleging a "smear":

Lawyers for Ted Stevens accused prosecutors Monday of attempting to unfairly try Alaska's senior U.S. senator next month by introducing "irrelevant and prejudicial evidence" that has nothing to do with the disclosure violations he's charge with.

Defense attorney Robert Cary asserted that new issues raised by the government "in its unnecessary public filing" nine days earlier have no place in the trial, scheduled to begin Sept. 22 in Washington, D.C.

"Instead, they are an obvious attempt to smear the senator's character," Cary wrote.