Craig must be well aware, at least on some level, of how isolated and ineffective he will be if he remains in the Senate, where he has already received the kiss of death from Minority Leader McConnell. It is difficult to believe he likewise was not fully aware of the potential career-ending consequences of a guilty plea .

The same capacity for denial that enabled Craig to live as a closeted gay/bi? man while publicly espousing conservative anti-gay ideology, and then enabled his incredible account of the events surrounding his arrest at the Minneapolis airport, is now allowing him to take this tone-deaf posture about clearing his name while effectively representing Idahoans.

Whether or not he stays should not be about the misdemeanor itself, but rather his actions since Roll Call broke the story, actions which indicate a tragic dearth of character, and a limitless capacity for self-delusion.

It will be interesting to see if Idahoans accept Craig’s new “stance” or start demanding his immediate resignation!

If he came out as a gay man in public next Thursday (and then resigned for his toilet stall scandal) he might be able to do some good not only for himself but also for a lot of frightened young men.

And the chances of this happening are….slim? None?

Certainly if he did this (and then made it his business to advance Gay rights even if it was out of office) he’d make up for his hypocrisy and he’d send a very good message, but this is basically a pipe-dream. It doesn’t look at all like he’s even accepted his orientation to himself, let alone is ready to face it in public. I understand the reactions of people, but frankly more than Craig himself, the reaction to this incident probably hurts those “frightened young men” more. If you’re caught you will be ridiculed, you’ll be reviled, you’ll be publicly humiliated. I wouldn’t count on them fully understanding that it needn’t be the same for them.

ps: I just want to take the time to agree with Entropy. Empirical data suggests he’s bisexual, since he has relationships with both sexes. Of course he could be Gay, he’d hardly be the first married closet homosexual, but articles about him, certainly official ones, should at least include the possibility of him being bisexual, to be rigorous.

His see-saw announcements are becoming irritating, however.
He’s resigning. He’s not resigning. He’s resigning if the judge doesn’t let him withdraw the guilty plea,
No, he’s not resigning then either.

How can his constiuents stomach this?
He takes back everything he says, so what does anything he says mean?