Senator Craig Perhaps Not Resigning After All
I don’t think it’s in anyone’s best interest to exacerbate this.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) A spokesman says Senator Larry Craig is reconsidering his decision to resign after his arrest in a Minnesota airport sex sting and may still fight for his Senate seat.
Craig’s spokesman, Sidney Smith, says resignation is “not such a foregone conclusion anymore.” Craig has said he intends to resign from the Senate on September 30th following his guilty plea to a misdemeanor charge stemming from the sex sting in a Minneapolis airport restroom. But his spokesman says since then, Craig has hired a prominent lawyer to investigate the possibility of reversing his plea.
Smith says a telephone call Craig received last week from Senator Arlen Specter, urging him to consider fighting for his seat, is affecting Craig’s decision to reconsider his resignation.
As Craig considers not resigning, he was a no-show at work today.
Regardless, I’ve said before that I do think Craig should fight his arrest in court. I think the arrest was wrong, and that the laws used to arrest him are dangerously vague. Senator Craig didn’t do anything in that bathroom outside of communicate to another adult the fact that he was looking for sex. While that’s creepy, it’s hardly a crime.
But while I think Craig should fight, I don’t think he should be doing it from a seat in the Senate. He’s disgraced himself by cheating on his wife and engaging in conduct unbecoming a US Senator. He should resign and focus on putting his life back together.
