[Drango]

He needs to resign from the Senate. In 2007 he urged Larry Craig (”a disgrace”) to resign.

[businessprofessor]

I do not think that he should resign unless there is something beyond the affair. If there is illegality, he should resign.

[hoosierham]

You do realize that according to contemporary writing,several of our nation's founders had affairs,were themselves born illegitimate,smoked tobacco,drank alcohol,were known to curse on occasion,owned slaves,and no doubt missed Sunday School at times.

WE ought to be merciless when elected officials betray the public trust and the Constitutional limits on government,but we just might want to stop trying to insist on perfect people as officeholders.I'm afraid there is a shortage and we will have to make do with not-quite-perfect humans.

[Mashood]

I think there are differences between the two events. Sen. Craig was soliciting for sex in the airport bathrooms and was caught by police. He was arrested. Sen. Ensign had an affair.

[counterpunch]

Ensign isn’t up for reelection until 2012.
And he’s from Vegas.

I don’t think it would be a good idea for him to resign from the Senate.
His affair isn’t going to hurt Republicans.
For one thing, he voluntarily announced it himself.
It would be a bigger deal if he had been outed by the newsmedia. Or if he was nationally known.

He might want to consider on retiring when his term expires, though.

[Arizona Carolyn]

I’m not excusing him having an affair with a married woman, but I understand he, himself, was separated from his wife at the time. Larry Craig was actually arrested for a crime and then tried to cover it up; there is a difference there, but more than that I am sick and tired of the GOP always stepping aside when one of our guys does wrong while the democrats just pretend it never happened and go on with business as usual.... IMHO more than the husband were attempting to blackmail Ensign and that is why he came forward on this.

[mkjessup]

He needs to resign from the Senate. In 2007 he urged Larry Craig (”a disgrace”) to resign.

Yeah, but Larry's stance was wider.

[mono]

I just do not understand why these pols risk their careers and self-respect for a little booty on the side. I guess they think they are too smart and too big to get caught. Not so for some of them, although I am sure there are dozens more fooling around with staffers late at night in their offices.

[anniegetyourgun]

Agreed - he told Bill Clinton to do the same during Lewinsky scandal.

But far worse is the impact on a spiritual level - he professed to be a Christian. Believers have no idea how they mar the face of Christ each time they do these things.