
Sen. Craig May Not Resign After All
BOISE, ID -- The airport sex case involving
Republican Idaho Senator Larry Craig took an unexpected turn Tuesday
when one of Craig's spokesmen said the Senator may not quit his senate
seat after all.
The embattled senator announced Saturday morning that he is resigning
from the Senate effective Sept. 30 following his arrest and guilty plea
for soliciting sex from a police officer in a public restroom at the
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport in June
"It's not such a foregone conclusion anymore, that the only thing he
could do was resign," said Sidney Smith, Craig's spokesman in Idaho's
capital.
"We're still preparing as if Sen. Craig will resign Sept. 30, but the
outcome of the legal case in Minnesota and the ethics investigation will
have an impact on whether we're able to stay in the fight — and stay in
the Senate."
Smith said a phone call the Senator received last week from from Sen.
Arlen Specter, R-Pa., urging him to consider fighting for his seat, was
making Craig reconsider his resignation.
"It was a little more cut and dried a few days ago," Smith said. "There
weren't many options. He was basically going to have to step aside. Now,
there's a little more to it." |