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Craig keeps promise to retire
The Hill ^
| 03/21/08
| Jeffrey Young
Posted on 03/21/2008 7:08:20 PM PDT by kingattax
Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho), encumbered by a scandal since last summer, did not file for reelection by his state’s deadline Friday, keeping a promise he made and officially marking the end of his congressional career.
Craig’s political future has been in doubt since his arrest and guilty plea on disorderly conduct charges filed after an incident in a men’s restroom at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport last June.
The three-term senator, who previously served five terms in the House, denied the charges that he solicited sex from an undercover police officer conducting a sting operation to crack down on alleged gay sexual liaisons in the airport’s bathrooms. Craig said he pleaded guilty in hopes of quelling a scandal, a decision he said he regretted.
The passing of Friday’s 5:00 p.m. deadline brings to a close a career in elected office that began with Craig’s election to the Idaho state Senate in 1974 and all but clears the way for Idaho Lt. Gov. Jim Risch (R) to take his seat next year in the strongly Republican state where President Bush defeated Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) 68 percent to 30 percent in the last presidential contest.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Idaho
KEYWORDS: 110th; craig; id2008; larrycraig; retirement; risch; widestance
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posted on
03/21/2008 7:08:20 PM PDT
by
kingattax
To: kingattax
May he enjoy his retirement!
2
posted on
03/21/2008 7:10:28 PM PDT
by
missnry
(The truth will set you free ... and drive liberals Crazy!)
To: kingattax
More like the polls were not in his favor.
3
posted on
03/21/2008 7:12:00 PM PDT
by
donna
(McCain answers the red phone: "Hola!")
To: kingattax
4
posted on
03/21/2008 7:12:38 PM PDT
by
indcons
(Please FREEPMAIL indcons if you want on or off the "Military History (MilHist)" ping list.)
To: kingattax
Senator Craig's usefulness to the citizens of Idaho and America ceased by supporting the amnesty bill. He wouldn't have won the Idaho primary, much less the general election if he had chosen to run again.
5
posted on
03/21/2008 7:13:23 PM PDT
by
Buffalo Head
(Illigitimi non carborundum)
To: kingattax
Now he can “tap” his foot without public scrutiny. ;-)
6
posted on
03/21/2008 7:13:31 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(God is in control ... not Global Warming.)
To: kingattax
Eliot Spitzer’s looking for a job.
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posted on
03/21/2008 7:13:51 PM PDT
by
Man50D
(Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
To: missnry
I can’t say what I’m thinking because I’ll be banned for life. Think your worst thought about the issue and Larry Craig... that’s what my reaction is.
Happy Easter all.
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posted on
03/21/2008 7:15:15 PM PDT
by
acapesket
(never had a vote count in all my years here)
To: acapesket
I can’t say whay I think either. But he will be free to run for office as a DemocRAT. He would be their hero.
9
posted on
03/21/2008 7:22:31 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
("Bullfighting, Mountain Climbing and Auto-Racing are the only real sports.)
To: kingattax
I’d have more respect for him (not that it would be much) if he had just resigned instead of dragging this out and embarassing himself, his state and his party.
To: kingattax
Don’t let the (stall) door hit your *ss on the way out.
11
posted on
03/21/2008 7:27:55 PM PDT
by
doug from upland
(Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
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To: kingattax
Now he can cohabitate with McGreevy.
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posted on
03/21/2008 7:55:22 PM PDT
by
GOP_Raider
("Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torments of man" -Nietzsche)
To: GOP_Raider
Rex Rammell quit the Republican primary and is running as an independent. Clearly, Jim Risch will be the next U.S. Senator.
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posted on
03/21/2008 8:08:12 PM PDT
by
Clintonfatigued
(Those in the national Republican leadership do the work of three men- Moe, Larry, and Curly.)
To: kingattax
Craig keeps promise to retire
"When I die, suckers!!!!"
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posted on
03/21/2008 8:22:54 PM PDT
by
jdm
(The best $2 Chinese Food: http://www.vipfoods.com/images/Products/bourbonstreetchicken.jpg)
To: Clintonfatigued
Yes, much to the chagrin of my grandfather who says he knew Risch back in the day-—grandpa was pretty active in the Idaho State Bowhunters in his young(er) days. At least Rex will have our family’s elder statesman’s vote...:)
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posted on
03/21/2008 8:31:00 PM PDT
by
GOP_Raider
("Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torments of man" -Nietzsche)
To: kingattax
Probably the last time I get to use this.
18
posted on
03/21/2008 9:09:31 PM PDT
by
GraniteStateConservative
(...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
To: Clintonfatigued
Risch would have had my support if he hadn’t campaigned for Mitt Romney, the most liberal Governor in the history of the republic.
19
posted on
03/21/2008 9:19:21 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
("I am sure that Senator Clinton would make a good president." - John McCain)
To: kingattax
What about the DEMOCRAT with the $100K in his freezer? Has he resigned yet?
20
posted on
03/21/2008 9:42:32 PM PDT
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
("The land of the Free...Because of the Brave")
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