[Vision2020] Craig still making headlines

[Mark Solomon]

I recommend Randy Stapilus' observations at:

www.ridenbaughpress.com

The problem for Craig is less the Idaho 
electorate (which is a huge problem nonetheless 
with conservatives like Bryan Fisher calling for 
him to resign) than it is the wholesale dumping 
of him by his DC cronies (including Mitt Romney). 
The buzz there is when he will resign, not 
whether he will run for re-election.

Go LaRocco!

m.

At 7:39 PM -0700 8/28/07, Sue Hovey wrote:
>The latest Roll Call at 6:15 PM has his apology 
>with the reaffirmation that he is not 
>homosexual.  He has hired a lawyer and will not 
>be discussing plans for re-election until next 
>month.   Says he wants to keep doing good things 
>for Idaho. 
>
>Sue
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:msolomon at moscow.com>Mark Solomon
>To: <mailto:suehovey at moscow.com>Sue Hovey ; 
><mailto:vision2020 at moscow.com>vision2020 at moscow.com
>Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 5:38 PM
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Craig still making headlines
>
>Given the recent events, the only question is 
>when the Statesman will run Popkey's reports. 
>I'd guess that they will wait to see if Craig 
>"retires to spend time with his family" (as all 
>good Republicans seem to be doing these days). 
>If he does, then maybe they won't run the 
>series. That's his only out, and he'd have to 
>make the announcement very soon before they 
>decide to run Popkey's stuff.
>
>m.
>
>At 4:30 PM -0700 8/28/07, Sue Hovey wrote:
>
>>Today during an interview on NPR Dan Popkey 
>>stated there have been allegations from as far 
>>back as when he was in college, along with 
>>others, one a "credible" witness, but when 
>>Craig denied everything they decided not to run 
>>it.
>>
>
>
>SH
>
>----- Original Message -----
>
>From: <mailto:msolomon at moscow.com>Mark Solomon
>
>To: <mailto:vision2020 at moscow.com>vision2020 at moscow.com
>
>Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 3:37 PM
>
>Subject: [Vision2020] Craig still making headlines
>
>
>From the lead story section of the NYTimes on-line edition.
>
>
>m.
>
>
>Idaho Senator Says He Did Nothing Wrong
>
>
>By DAVID STOUT and CARL HULSE
>Published: August 28, 2007
>
>WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 - Senator Larry Craig said 
>today that he regretted his guilty plea in 
>connection with an airport bathroom incident, 
>and he accused an Idaho newspaper of hounding 
>him mercilessly in recent months.
>
>
>"I am not gay, I never have been gay," Mr. 
>Craig, an Idaho Republican, declared at a brief 
>appearance in Boise with his wife, Suzanne 
>Craig, at his side.
>
>Mr. Craig, 62, apologized for "the cloud placed 
>over Idaho" by his arrest and guilty plea to a 
>misdemeanor charge. But his deepest regret, he 
>said, is that he pleaded guilty when he had done 
>nothing wrong.
>
>The senator said he had chosen to plead guilty 
>without consulting a lawyer, and before telling 
>his family, in the hope that the incident would 
>just "go away" somehow.
>
>"That was a mistake, and I deeply regret it," he said.
>
>Now, he said, he has retained counsel to decide 
>what to do next. Mr. Craig said he would 
>announce soon whether he will seek a fourth term 
>next year.
>
>Meanwhile, the Senate Republican leadership 
>sought to quarantine the possible political 
>damage arising from Mr. Craig's troubles, 
>calling the incident "a serious matter" and 
>recommending that the Senate Ethics Committee 
>review the affair.
>
>"In the meantime, leadership is examining other 
>aspects of the case to determine if additional 
>action is required," said the statement issued 
>by Senators Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the 
>minority leader; Trent Lott of Mississippi, the 
>assistant leader; Jon Kyl of Arizona, the 
>Republican conference leader; Kay Bailey 
>Hutchison of Texas, the policy committee 
>chairwoman, and John Ensign of Nevada, chairman 
>of the party's Senate campaign committee.
>
>Mr. Craig said today that he and his family had 
>been "relentlessly and viciously harassed" for 
>months by The Idaho Statesman, a daily newspaper 
>based in Boise, which has been pursuing rumors 
>about his personal life. He said the stress 
>created by the newspaper's efforts "and the 
>rumors it has fueled all around Idaho" had 
>clouded his judgment.
>
>Otherwise, he offered no detailed explanation 
>today for the embarrassing events that began 
>with his arrest in June by an undercover police 
>officer in a men's bathroom at the 
>Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. On 
>Aug. 8, Mr. Craig pleaded guilty to disorderly 
>conduct. A second charge against Mr. Craig, 
>interference with privacy, was dismissed. He was 
>given a 10-day jail sentence that was suspended; 
>was fined more than $500; and was placed on 
>unsupervised probation for one year.
>
>According to a police report obtained by Roll 
>Call, the Capitol Hill newspaper that disclosed 
>the episode and the guilty plea on Monday, a 
>plainclothes police officer who was 
>investigating complaints of sexual activity in 
>the airport bathroom arrested the senator on 
>June 11 after what the officer described as 
>sexual advances made by Mr. Craig from an 
>adjoining stall.
>
>
>After his arrest, the senator denied any sexual 
>intent. He said in a statement issued Monday 
>afternoon that the whole matter came down to a 
>misunderstanding, and that the police were 
>"misconstruing my actions." In 2006, Mr. Craig 
>publicly rejected allegations by a gay rights 
>advocate that he had engaged in a homosexual 
>behavior, calling the claims "completely 
>ridiculous."
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