Seems you're thinking about primary season. It's IDAHO, not Iowa...

Um, it's "Idaho," not "Iowa."

". . . his reasons for staying are (1) he says he realizes he can still be effective; (2) he would be letting down Iowa"

Iowa, Idaho, what's the difference.

His promises to resign were made under coercion due to the stress of reporters hounding him.

His promises to resign were another symptom of "gay panic", which was the reason for his guilty plea.

The Court's decision, BTW, is great reading. It is hilarious.

Sure. Stay right where you are, Larry.

Dobson and the McJeezus Fringe will have one more reason to bolt.

Subtract twenty some percent of the Presidential Popular from the GOP next year.

I smell a flippety floppety flip flop

He must have someone special in Washington. I knew a Greek boy who didn't go to college because he didn't want to leave his little brother's behind.

Maybe he can't stand being in Idaho with his wife.

It's true that they're both 'I-states' but there is a difference. Just look at the 'A-states' for example: Alabama, Alaska…

Oh, wait. Maybe there is little difference between them.

Seriously: Senator Craig is again the gift that keeps on giving. Combine this with the just-presented GOP convention logo, and the fun simply doesn't end!

Apparently, I would also observe, that it is in fact the Senator who needs to be frequently serviced—even during a short layover in Minneapolis—and not his constituents that require his continued service. I doubt that it gets much better than this…

THERE ONCE WAS A SENATOR NAMED CRAIG,
WHO CRAPPED WITH A WIGGLING LEG.
THO HE PROTESTS HE HATES GAYS,
AT THE END OF HIS DAYS,
HE'LL BE REMEMBERED WITH MUCH FACIAL EGG!

During the Republican Convention next fall, men in restrooms all over Minneapolis and St. Paul will be wondering- "who is in the stall to the right?"

David Kurtz on the front page of TPM asks "Will he attend the 2008 GOP Convention in Minneapolis?"

I too wonder what his stance will be on that one.

"I am extremely disappointed with the ruling issued today. I am innocent of the charges against me."

Heh. There are no charges against him. That was all sorted out weeks ago. Craig is making a complete mockery of the justice system.

lestatdelc wrote on October 4, 2007 5:08 PM:

David Kurtz on the front page of TPM asks "Will he attend the 2008 GOP Convention in Minneapolis?"

I too wonder what his stance will be on that one.

Maybe guided tours of this:

http://www.mspairport.com/msp/Accessibility/Accessible_Rest_Rooms.aspx

Now we know that he has no excuse. They have extra wide stalls at MSP.

Rusty Austin wrote on October 4, 2007 4:20 PM:
Iowa, Idaho, what's the difference.

Uh, Rusty, I live in Iowa (which roughly translated from a Native American dialect means "beautiful" and should mean "full of intelligent, politically savvy people with the second highest ACT scores in the nation"), where we have a very popular Democratic governor, Democratic Senate, and Democratic House. Thank you very much.

I think you know the politics of red-state Idaho, where you can find good people of course, but it's also where the potato is as common as the wing-nut conservative.

"RonK, Seattle . . . On principle, it's the right decision. It wasn't a big enough offense to resign or face expulsion over."

A married guy solicits anonymous sex in a public restroom and you don't think its a big enough offense? Your pain threshold is pretty high!

"Uh, Rusty, I live in Iowa (which roughly translated from a Native American dialect means "beautiful" and should mean "full of intelligent, politically savvy people with the second highest ACT scores in the nation"), where we have a very popular Democratic governor, Democratic Senate, and Democratic House. Thank you very much."

I agree fully. Iowa is a hell of a lot different from Idaho. Good, honest, smart people to the south of my state, Minnesota. I like Tom Harkin, too.

"And anyway, there's that little Article I, Section 8 (I think) in the Constitution that says that all members of the Congress either on the floor or in transit to their Congressional duties may not be arrested for anything except, I think, treason and high crimes and breach of the peace. I don't have the text handy, but it's like that. Check it."

They didn't arrest and detain him. That's the point of the provision- that a member of the Congress shouldn't be detained so as to keep him or her from voting. That didn't happen. They let him go and he went on his merry way to vote.

The provision surely doen't mean that a member of the Congress can do whatever he likes on his trip to the Senate floor...

Mr. Elaine Chao might thing twice about calling Wide Stance's bluff on this one.

Craig won't be able to salvage his reputation. He's already a punchline, he's guilty, and he's radioactive. Nobody seems to want him to stick around, save Arlen Specter, and when you're taking advice from the Specter you should know you're in trouble. That guy, always talking about lofty things like due process and habeas corpus, but as soon as Cheney descends from on high he votes the party line.

Ultimately, though, it doesn't really benefit Craig to resign. He still gets to collect a paycheck, he still gets to be a Senator, he still gets to send mail without stamps. The commenters here who mention the RNC in Minneapolis next year are right on the money--Leno's writers are probably writing those jokes now. The big loser in this is the Republican Party, of course, but they really don't have any leverage to use against the guy to get him to quit if he ain't running again.

Yeah,but he`s Idaho`s bitch.I think he ought to run again.Ther`s still time to change his mind.

Hey, I hear that the GOP presidential prospects are cratering, they need some new candidates!

Craig/Vitter in '08!

In a dark and dangerous world, America needs a Wide Stance. And our guys know the right GOP response to terrorist threats: Depends!

(we won't let those damned dems smear our candidates, they come pre-smeared!)

Is it just me or did you all notice that the logo for the Minneapolis GOP convention has an elephant in a semi-squatting position and with a wide stance (well, it is an elephant)?

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

See if he ran with Mark Foley he'd capture the youth vote?
If he ran with Mary Cheney he'd get the women's vote... definitely presidential timber....

"I wasn't tapping my foot....First I decided to put my toes in the air, then I thought maybe that was the wrong thing to do, so I put them back on the floor, then I decided, dang it all, I'm not bowing to political pressure, and I'll put my toes in the air if I darned well want to....then"