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<div>I recommend Randy Stapilus' observations at:</div>
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<div>www.ridenbaughpress.com</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>Go LaRocco!</div>
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<div>m.</div>
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<div>At 7:39 PM -0700 8/28/07, Sue Hovey wrote:</div>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="-1">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. </font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="-1">Sue</font><br>
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<blockquote><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:msolomon@moscow.com">Mark
Solomon</a></blockquote>
<blockquote><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com">Sue
Hovey</a> ; <a
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<blockquote><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 28, 2007 5:38 PM</blockquote>
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<blockquote>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.</blockquote>
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<blockquote>m.</blockquote>
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<blockquote>At 4:30 PM -0700 8/28/07, Sue Hovey wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="-1">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.</font><br>
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<blockquote><font size="-1">SH</font><br>
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<blockquote><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:msolomon@moscow.com">Mark
Solomon</a><br>
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href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>
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<blockquote><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 28, 2007 3:37 PM<br>
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<blockquote><tt>From the lead story section of the NYTimes on-line
edition.</tt><br>
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<blockquote><tt>m.</tt><br>
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<blockquote><tt><font color="#000000">Idaho Senator Says He Did
Nothing Wrong</font></tt><br>
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<blockquote><tt><font color="#000000">By DAVID STOUT and CARL
HULSE<br>
Published: August 28, 2007</font></tt><br>
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<blockquote><tt><font color="#000000">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.</font></tt><br>
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<blockquote><tt><font color="#000000"><br>
"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.<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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"That was a mistake, and I deeply regret it," he said.<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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"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.<br>
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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.</font></tt></blockquote>
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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.<br>
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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.</font></tt><br>
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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."<br>
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