Via CNN: Well-placed GOP sources: Craig likely to quit soon
Several well-placed GOP sources in Washington and Idaho have told CNN that embattled Republican Sen. Larry Craig is likely to resign soon, possibly as early as Friday.
This move would hardly surprise me. Still, the speed with which this has moved to this point has been extraordinary.
And the following is rather remarkable:
A GOP source with knowledge of the situation told CNN’s Dana Bash that the Republican National Committee was poised to take the extraordinary step of calling on Craig to resign.
Even when party hierarchies want someone to resign, they usually don’t go public, relying rather on back channels and public pressure. The vehemence here is therefore surprising. Heck, the GOP establishment stuck with Mark Foley for longer than this.
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August 31st, 2007 at 8:46 am
Maybe it was dealing with the Foley scandal that made them decide to cut Craig loose early.
August 31st, 2007 at 8:56 am
I think it has to do with it being so much safer to go all-out against Craig. Idaho is tied with Wyoming as the second most reliably Republican state in the country (after Utah). In a more mixed state they might be afraid that if they go after Craig and he does run for re-election, it might hurt him in the general election. Tactically, they can knock him off in the primary if he chooses to run (Foley was post-primary) and even if they don’t Craig could still possibly win re-election as the Republican nominee against a Democrat in that state. Right now they’re in face-saving mode and that requires very public condemnations.
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