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Sen. Craig Reconsiders Choice to Resign
AP (via Verizon online) ^ | 09/04/2007 20:00:31 EST | By JOHN MILLER

Posted on 09/04/2007 6:43:58 PM PDT by kinoxi

BOISE, Idaho - Sen. 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, his spokesman said Tuesday evening. "It's not such a foregone conclusion anymore, that the only thing he could do was resign," said Sidney Smith, Craig's spokesman in Idaho's capital.

"We're still preparing as if Senator Craig will resign Sept. 30, but the outcome of the legal case in Minnesota and the ethics investigation will have an impact on whether we're able to stay in the fight - and stay in the Senate."

Craig, a Republican who has represented Idaho in Congress for 27 years, announced Saturday that he intends to resign from the Senate on Sept. 30. But since then, he's hired a prominent lawyer to investigate the possibility of reversing his plea, his spokesman said.

Craig was a no-show Tuesday as Congress reconvened after a summer break and it wasn't clear whether he'll return at all since deciding to resign over his guilty plea in a sex sting this summer at the Minneapolis airport.

Another spokesman, Dan Whiting in Washington, said Tuesday that Craig was expected to spend the week in Idaho as the Senate votes on spending bills for veterans and other programs. Whiting did not rule out Craig's returning to Washington before the end of the month.

A telephone call Craig received last week from Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., urging him to consider fighting for his seat is affecting Craig's decision to reconsider his resignation, Smith said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Idaho
KEYWORDS: 110th; larrycraig; toilet
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To: ClaireSolt
You really think this is an elaborate four decade long smear campaign on this guy? That numerous allegations culminated in an LEO framing him? The ruse then forced him to plead guilty, go on television and resign. Most of the conspiracy/fantasy sites I could link you to would probably be construed as offensive...
161 posted on 09/05/2007 6:26:22 AM PDT by kinoxi
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To: ClaireSolt
Just listen to his negotiations on the tape. Hear what Larry says. Listen closely to what the officer said. Ignore the written police report for a moment.

Larry seemed to be right in his element. Now to find out about his OTHER arrests in OTHER toilets ~ they certainly exist.

162 posted on 09/05/2007 6:26:28 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: kinoxi

If he’s cleared of all charges, I don’t see why he should resign. Just my 2 cents.


163 posted on 09/05/2007 6:27:02 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: ClaireSolt
Jealousy? Of what? STDs?

Time to get your head out of the stalls.

164 posted on 09/05/2007 6:28:45 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: MEGoody
He’s already been found guilty, because he admitted guilt. He pled (pleaded) guilty to the lesser charge in order to have the privacy related charge (staring into the stall) dropped. How can he be cleared? If he wants it retried the other charge, and possibly more will be brought up.
165 posted on 09/05/2007 6:31:21 AM PDT by kinoxi
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To: kinoxi
He’s already been found guilty, because he admitted guilt.

Yes, and he changed his plea, claiming that the police convinced him to plead guilty to make this 'go away'. I heard the tape and can see how someone could easily have been swayed into pleading guilty.

How can he be cleared?

He tried to change his plea. Not sure if the judge accepted it or not. . .haven't been following this story that closely. If the judge refused to accept it, then he can't be cleared of that charge. But frankly, I wouldn't be inclined to hold that against him in that case. (Of course, he isn't my senator, so that's rather meaningless.)

If he wants it retried the other charge, and possibly more will be brought up.

Possibly. . .but if the police/prosecutor threaten to bring up other charges if he withdraws his guilty plea, I would consider that a less than ethical action.

166 posted on 09/05/2007 6:41:55 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: no dems

please note: he was a witness against himself.

under the duress of the moment?? Hardly, it was months after the bust.

who do you believe? The Craig then, or the Craig now??


167 posted on 09/05/2007 6:54:33 AM PDT by elpadre
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To: ClaireSolt

Craig cast the stone, it is the ripples with which we are dealing now.


168 posted on 09/05/2007 7:00:42 AM PDT by elpadre
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To: duckln
But now push has come to shove, and he says he's innocent, they have to prove him guilty.

Uh, no. He pleaded guilty. The state has nothing to prove. He is guilty.

169 posted on 09/05/2007 7:01:14 AM PDT by Petronski (Cleveland Indians: Pennant -18)
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To: MEGoody
Bringing back other charges would not be unethical.

When Senator Craig entered his plea agreement, he agreed to plead guilty to disorderly conduct in exchange for the State dropping the other charges. If Senator Craig prevails on his quest to renege the agreement and withdraw the guilty plea, then he will be placed back in the same position where he was before he entered his plea: facing several different charges.

Senator Craig thought the plea deal was the easy way out and now does not want to accept the consequences of his actions.

170 posted on 09/05/2007 7:10:57 AM PDT by writmeister
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To: ClaireSolt

Back to the top. Keeps the topic more active on the forum’s
screen.


171 posted on 09/05/2007 7:11:16 AM PDT by duckln
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To: MEGoody
haven't been following this story that closely

Got it.
172 posted on 09/05/2007 8:26:05 AM PDT by kinoxi
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To: duckln
Um, Republicans win in Idaho by 30-40% of the vote routinely, and have forever. Winning four terms there is exactly equivalent to being nominated there in 1992, because Republicans never lose the seat, and incumbents practically never lose primaries. If Craig leaves, we can pick from 400,000 other loyal Idaho Republicans. You can't tell me there isn't an intelligent non-felon among them. There isn't a safer seat; a dead Republican would beat George Clooney.
173 posted on 09/05/2007 8:33:16 AM PDT by JasonC
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To: fieldmarshaldj; JohnnyZ; Clintonfatigued; Kuksool

“A telephone call Craig received last week from Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., urging him to consider fighting for his seat is affecting Craig’s decision to reconsider his resignation, Smith said.”


Man, talk about the gift that keeps on giving. Specter can’t seem to go more than a couple of months without stabbing the GOP in the back. And to think we were within 1% of defeating him in the 2004 primary . . . .


174 posted on 09/05/2007 8:39:41 AM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (http://auh2orepublican.blogspot.com/)
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To: duckln
No one advised the Senator to do anything. Craig never sought the advice of lawyers prior to pleading guilty! He had plenty of time to do so. That is why the imbecile is now trying to come back with a team of lawyers and get his guilty plea reversed. The idiot now realizes his big mistake.

Hell yes a team of quality attorneys stood a chance of getting the charges dropped without going to trial. From a legal standpoint the charges were flimsy. They could have called the D.A. and argued that it simply wasn't worth the time and money to prosecute this case under any circumstance. What real evidence did they have...? Just word of a cop in a bathroom stall. No other witnesses. No camera footage. No words were exchanged. Nada.

Craig had a golden opportunity to get this case dropped and he wasted it. It was the biggest mistake of his entire life.

175 posted on 09/05/2007 11:24:21 AM PDT by Cyropaedia ("Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principal of evil...".)
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To: elpadre

The Craig then.


176 posted on 09/05/2007 7:58:02 PM PDT by no dems (In the General Election; we must not let America forget that Fidel Castro endorsed Clinton/Obama)
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