I don't think John Ashcroft thought he was going to become attorney general. He just did the honorable thing. How about Jean Carnahan pulling all of her husband's ads. I think I heard that right. I watched that woman on a four candidate debate the other day that was most amusing. At one point her anger really came through.
Anyway, the democrats are going to use any angle to win and we might as well realize this.
Yeah - I think you're right about Ashcroft. There's no way he could have known he would be AG at that time. I thought of that as soon as I posted.
But I disagree that he did the honorable thing. I think standing up for the Constitution (not himself) would have been the honorable thing. Sure, the criminal Dems would have accused him of sour grapes, etc., but that's the small price to pay for being a true patriot, and sacrificing popularity for putting up a fight that is yours to put up.