GOP Reeling From Money and Sex Scandals
Aug 30 03:13 AM US/Eastern
By DAVID ESPO
AP Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON (AP) - When it comes to scandal, Democrats could be forgiven for thinking they hit the political jackpot this summer. At Republican expense.
First came the disclosure that Louisiana Sen. David Vitter's telephone number was listed in the records of an escort service.
Then Sen. Ted Stevens' home in Alaska was raided by federal agents as part of a corruption investigation.
Now Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho is recanting a guilty plea that grew out of a police undercover operation in an airport men's room, adding, "I am not gay" for emphasis.
"This is a serious matter," said the Senate Republican leadership, an understatement for the ages.
No doubt, none of this has been good for what some Republicans like to call "the brand."
Craig "represents the Republican Party," Rep. Pete Hoekstra said on Wednesday, a frank acknowledgment that the party may suffer, regardless of the Idaho senator's political fate.
Other papers are reporting it looks like Toilet Man is going to fight back against his Republican persecutors in the Senate
He wont go away - he wants to be Mitt's boy in Idaho.
