MSNBC reporting tonight:
Sen. Larry Craig will file court documents Monday asking to withdraw his guilty plea in a sex sting that seems likely to end his career, his attorney said.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/...
That's cool and all. Petraeus is going to spin the surge, this is EXACTLY the distraction the GOP doesn't need right now. To wit:
Attorney William Martin said Sunday night that a request to withdraw that plea would be filed Monday. Such requests are rarely granted. Martin would not discuss the argument he planned to make in court.
Martin said he was not involved in discussions about Craig’s future in the Senate. Craig originally announced he would resign at the end of the month, then said he was reconsidering that decision. His chief spokesman later said Craig had dropped virtually all notions of trying to finish his third term.
This isn't the action of a man who is trying to leave his post. As his lawyer says: “My job is to get him back to where he was before his rights were taken away,”
Why, that's in the Senate, isn't it?
This is terrific news for the Progressive left. The GOP has so much to answer for, and there's nothing that makes them melt away faster than "gay stuff." This terrifies them, and it should: their base won't stand for it.
Along with the many questions the Dems must ask GOP senators this week: why do you still have this man working among you? How do YOU feel about his guilty/not guilty ambivalence? Where do YOU stand on YOUR colleague?
Go Craig, go!