Comments on: Larry Craig Seems Not Sure About Resigning Now

By: Dr. Clarissa Pinkola EstÃ©s

Dr. Clarissa Pinkola EstÃ©s — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 06:05:48 +0000

I agree with the empathy Domajot;
And Kritter, yes, Sen Specter seems to have steered Sen C. into a whole other corner. I know it sounds odd, and I don’t mean to at all be underestimating Sen S, but he sounds terribly naive for some reason.

dr.e.

By: kritter

kritter — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:43:19 +0000

I watched reports saying that Craig spent last week lobbying support from his fellow Senators. When that support was not forthcoming, he gave his resignation speech using the word “intend”, purposely so that he could change his mind if any support for him surfaced.

Over the weekend, Sen Specter came through, claiming on cable that Craig had been railroaded into pleading guilty, and stating that there was not enough evidence to prove the crime if it went to court. He then, inexplicably, urged Craig to try to withdraw his guilty plea.

That, apparently was all Craig needed to try to hang on. Realistically, he has little or no chance of succeeding, but recanting his resignation will keep the scandal in the news cycle for at least another week.( which must be giving Minority Leader McConnell fits). I expect the GOP to exert further pressure to get him to resign (for good this time), while the Democrats stay silent.

By: domajot

domajot — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:01:53 +0000

I don’t think Mr Craig has much of chance for being seen as a decisive leader.
He pleads guilty, but claims innocence.
He ‘intends’ to resign, but might not.

He seems to he upset and confused, and I can empathize with that. The political pressure placed on him could only exacerbate his emotional turmoil
Being a US Senator is a responsible position, however, and being able to keep your wits about you in a difficult situation seems like a basic requirement to me.

I understand he is consulting with his grown childeren and others now. It’s been several months since the incident took place Consultations, soul searching should have come a long time ago, certaily before entering pleas or announcing ‘intents’ of any kind.

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