Craig is Gone, Leaving  GOP Bruised
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Analysis: Scandals like the one that took down the senator from Idaho have demoralized the Republican base ahead of the 2008 campaign
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If the Republicans seemed self-serving and draconian in forcing Senator Larry E. Craig to resign, it was because many of them felt they had lost their political margin for error.
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Sen. Larry E. Craig (R-Idaho) is reconsidering his announced intention to resign, if he can clear his name of criminal and ethics charges before the end of the month, a spokesman said last night.
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Republican Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho, ensnared in a men's room sex sting, returned to the floor of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday for the first time since his June arrest was revealed last month.
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The case of Senator Larry E. Craig of Idaho, who pleaded guilty to trying to solicit sex at an airport, is the latest challenge to the Republican Party.
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For Democrats, heâs an easy target. But for Republicans, addressing his departure is tricky political terrain. A rundown of how the 2008 field handled the attorney generalâs resignation.
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With signals that Senator Larry E. Craig plans to resign today, the prospect of change has brought focus to Idaho Republicans.
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The departure of two aides left Senator John McCainâs campaign team gutted and raised new doubts about his ability to continue in the race.
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Idaho Senator Larry Craig is considering resigning, Republican officials said today, after days of public and private pressure.
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To the dismay of fellow Republicans, Sen. Larry Craig launched a determined drive to save his seat on Wednesday, vowing to stay in office if allowed to withdraw his guilty plea in a men's room sex sting.
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Analysis: Scandals like the one that took down the Idaho senator have demoralized the base ahead of the '08 campaign
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BOISE, Idaho  - Long-serving Republican Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho, embroiled in a sex scandal and finding little support from his party, said on Saturday he will resign from the U.S. Senate.
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A Senate electoral playing field that was already wide open for 2008 has become considerably more perilous for Republicans with the retirement of Sen. John W. Warner (R-Va.) and the resignation of scandal-scarred Sen. Larry E. Craig (R-Idaho).
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The US Republicans' gloomy political prospects for 2008 darkened at the weekend following the resignation of Larry Craig, senator for Idaho, which will further reduce the party's chances of regaining Congress from the Democrats.
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Sen. Larry Craig had already decided not to seek reelection before revelations that he pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a Minnesota sex sting, two of the Idaho Republican's political advisers claimed Thursday.
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Sen. Larry Craig continues to work against his own Sept. 30 deadline -- he might want to give himself some wiggle room on that -- for having his guilty plea to disorderly conduct revoked.
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Lt. Gov. Jim Risch has said he was interested in running for Sen. Larry Craig's seat, if the fellow Republican ever opted not to run again. Now that Craig has been forced to resign, some expect Risch could be appointed to the post.