Is anyone asking them why Craig should resign and not David Vitter, confessed criminal?

The topic: When will we hear that Craig's behavior is all the fault of demon rum, and after rehab, he's going to resign from office so he can spend more time with his family?

My bet: No later than 3 PM (Eastern) Monday, in the hope that everything is wrapped up on Labor Day, when few are paying much attention to the news.

Any other guesses, folks? Now that the Republican establishment has officially tossed him overboard, it's just a matter of time.

Who has the official list of Conducts Unbecoming a Senator? I have to think they've left plenty of blank spaces at the end and everyone got a pencil.

Yeup. Hoekstra nailed that. This guy's represents the GOP to a T.

It's over. He's done.

I'll take Friday between 4PM & 6PM PT for the pool.

His replacement would keep the seat with the Republicans.

I am not a fan of politicians who vote against gay rights and then have sex with men, but I'm not going to let that stop me from saying this is ridiculous and unconsequential. If Congresspeople need to leave for commiting adultery, there would be a lot of empty seats. And yes, sex in public is wrong, but the man was seeking privacy, so to me this is only some bad judgement. It only shows to me that beneath the sleazy exterior America is a puritanical country.

I don't know about demon rum. I will guess "abused by a priest as a teenager".

I don't remember any Republican calling for David Vitter to resign when he admitted to frequenting prostitutes, which is also a sex-related crime, and which goes even further than what Larry Craig did in merely soliciting sex. Gee, I wonder why that is... oops! I forgot! Vitter's state has a Democratic governor, who would appoint his successor.

The moral of the story if you're a Republican? Commit as much depravity as you like, as long as the governor's mansion is in the hands of the opposition party.

MSNBC is reporting that Norm Coleman is calling for Craig to resign

When McCain said no one who has pled guilty to a crime should serve, it makes me curious as to how many men and women who are serving in Congress have pled guilty to a crime in their lives.

Ok, if all the allegations are true Senator Craig (hypocritically) represented his constituents by voting and working against gay rights while living a closeted, adulterous life.

While he's done this we've allowed similar levels of deceit from the executive branch leading to the destruction of a country, degradation of our country's international respect, trashing of the constitution, the waste of untold billions of dollars, to name a few harms.

We're running the senator out of office and leaving the executives in place? We have misplaced values.

"He pled guilty and he had the opportunity to plead innocent"

I am confused. is McCain saying that if we are guilty we should plead innocent? What type of message is McCain sending? I think he means that pleading guilty isn't smart politics...and that just stinks...

my vote for the pool: throw it in the Friday trash...he won't make the weekend. and we won't be talking about him after Sept 15...exactly as the Republicans would want

Craig should resign.

Vitter should resign.

William Jefferson should resign.

Dick Cheney should resign.

George W. Bush should resign.

Then we can all take a deep breath and see what we need to do to get this country back on track.

For what it's worth, Wikipedia identifies Larry Craig as a Methodist, along with nine other current Senators (including Hillary Clinton). Not too likely that he was abused by a priest, but you never know...

Got to be the only in the state.

Vitter is ok for 2 reasons. His seat would be replaced by a Democrat and he's ,you know, HETEROSEXUAL! It takes no guts at all for McCain and especially COLEMAN to call for Craigs ouster,also for 2 reasons. Saddam Hussein could win in Idaho if he ran as a Republican and CRAIG'S ,ya know, GAY!The repugs are not only hypocrits,they're obviously so!

He's an unsavory nasty, naughty, bad, dirty, toilet sex boy.

Bad, bad, dirty, dirty, naughty, naughty, nasty, nasty boy.

Do NOT miss Kieth Olbermann tonight.

He promises to have the official arresting officer's police report read by an actor who sounds like Jack Webb of Dragnet.

I don't know who's a bigger tool: Craig? Or Craig's wife, for appearing by the tool's side?

there is a distinct possibility that other high-ranking GOP members of Congress are going to be outed in coming months.

That'll be interesting.

I know I'm not the first to wonder about this...but could it be that the origins of the hateful right-wing proto-fascism that dominates the GOP these days comes, at least in part, from a bunch of self-hating closeted men who have psychological problems that would take a good shrink half-a-lifetime to resolve, if they could be resolved?

I can't help wondering about that.

Once upon a journey dreary, while I pounded it severely,

Over many a quaint and curious memory of nasty boys,

While I was myself a-pleasin', just about to get release in, suddenly there came a tapping,

As of some one gently rapping, rapping at the restroom floor.

`'Tis some traveler,' I muttered, `tapping at the restroom floor -

Only this, and nothing more.'

And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each trouser dropping

Thrilled me - filled me with fantastic swelling never felt before;

So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I sat repeating

`'Tis some traveler entreating entrance at my stall -

Some late traveler entreating entrance at my stall door; -

This it is, and nothing more,'

Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,

`Sir,' said I, I heard your tapping

But the fact is I was crapping, and so gently you came rapping,

And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my toilet door,

That I scarce was sure I heard you' but come on over and do me big boy- here I opened wide the door; -

Oh how I wish I'd waited, and stayed alone and masturbated

for as I raced to embrace this stranger suddenly I faced the danger, This was no toilet hopping trick

I was face to face with a vice squad dick!