Senator Larry Craig from Idaho has decided that he will go against his previous decision to resign. Senator Craig was caught in a sex-sting investigation in Minnesota after he tried to have sex with a man in the stall next to him. Senator Craig said that he was guilty, but then tried to take back his statement would be public property. He has also said that he did not know that he was being called on these charges and says that he was wrongly accused. He said that he would resign his senatorial duty before his term ends if his case (to take back the charges) was lost in trial. On Thursday, the judge said that Craig could not take back his guilty plea, which meant that Craig had to step down. However, he sid tht he would not run for reelection, but would finish out his term until January 2009. This has angered many of his GOP collegues because they want to try to fix the Senate after the Democrats took over Congress last year. "Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.), who had called on Craig to resign, said, 'The right thing for him to do was what he said he would do'" (Simon and Huffstutter). Also, "Ensign said Craig's decision may end up putting the Senate through a painful ethics investigation. 'It's embarrassing for the Senate; it's embarrassing for our party,' he said. 'It's going to be potentially further embarrassing for his family'" (Simon and Huffstutter).
I think that Senator Craig is making a huge mistake because he is ruining his political party. To be an honest man, and to end his political run with some dignity, I believe that Senator Craig should step down. I believe that this move would help his state out and would be benefical to his party as well. It does not matter whether what political party that I side with because the main point of the manner is that Senator Craig made a promise and should keep it. If he wants to help his party and does not leave as more of a disgrace than he already is then he should resign. What do you think?
More on Senator Craig's decision: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-craig5oct05,1,7456533.story?coll=la-headlines-nation
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Your view on Senator Craig was interesting because, you referenced to the idea of how one political leader, in this case a senator can ruin or even damage a party of its reputation toward the government and toward the people. In my AP Gov Block today, we were talking about how Bush's rash decisions is harming the republican party and most likely lead to a Democratic president, if things don't improve. I thought it was interesting how once a political figure makes a mistake, a party will do everything in their power to clean their reputation.
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