 2008
Election
Larry Craig News.
Idaho Republican Larry Edwin Craig News
Congress.gov biography:
"CRAIG, Larry Edwin, a Representative and a
Senator from Idaho; born in Council, Adams County, Idaho, July 20, 1945;
attended the public schools of Midvale, Idaho; B.A., University of Idaho,
Moscow, Idaho 1969; graduate work, George Washington University 1970; farmer-rancher;
member, Idaho senate 1974-1980; delegate, Idaho State Republican conventions
1976-1978; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-seventh and to the four
succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1981-January 3, 1991); elected to the
United States Senate in 1990; reelected in 1996 and 2002 for the term ending
January 3, 2009; chair, Senate Republican Policy Committee (1996-2003),
Special Committee on Aging (One Hundred Eighth Congress), Committee on
Veterans’ Affairs (One Hundred Ninth Congress)."
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Larry
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LARRY CRAIG News:
20080627
 David
Vitter - Larry
Craig -  Sam
Brownback -  James
Inhofe - Gay
-  Family
-  Law
-  Politics
-  La
-  Idaho
-  Kansas
-  Oklahoma
"The
Federal Marriage Amendment is back — with Vitter’s and Craig’s support."
... "Republicans are looking at the political landscape, and they’re feeling
awfully discouraged. The polls look bad, the base looks depressed, and
fundraising looks iffy. Rallying the far-right troops with an anti-gay
amendment to the Constitution — even though it has no chance at even getting
so much as a hearing — might be helpful to the conservative movement."
... "But the funny part is looking over the list of the 10 original sponsors.
Most of the names are predictable — [Kansas Republican Senator Sam] Brownback
and [Oklahoma Republican Senator James] Inhofe, for example — but there
are two others whose names stand out: [Republican Senators] Sens. David
Vitter (R-La. [Republican-Louisiana]) and Larry Craig (R-Idaho [Republican])."
... "Yes, two of the principal sponsors of a constitutional amendment to
“protect” marriage include one far-right Republican who hired prostitutes
and another far-right Republican who was arrested for soliciting gay sex
an airport men’s room." ... "As
my
friend Kyle put it, these two are “not exactly the poster boys of the
family values crowd or particularly upstanding examples of the supposed
sanctity of the ‘union of a man and a woman.”‘" -By
Steve Benen -TheCarpetbaggerReport.com
20080408
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Larry
Craig
- David
Vitter - Solicitors
- Louisiana
- Idaho
-
 Minnesota
- "Craig
offers support to Vitter." ... "Embattled Louisiana
[Republican Senator] Sen. David Vitter (R [Republican]) is getting support
from fellow Republicans who say he should not resign over a public sex
scandal — including from someone who can speak from experience." ... "[Louisian
Republican Senator] Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho was among several GOP [GOP=Grand
Old Party=Republican] senators who say Vitter’s testimony in the “D.C.
Madam” prostitution case should not compel his resignation." ... "Craig
went through his own trial-by-media last year, after his arrest for and
guilty plea to soliciting sex from an undercover male officer in a Minneapolis
[Minnesota] airport." -By J. Taylor Rushing
-TheHill.com
20080213
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Larry
Craig
- Idaho
- Minnesota
- Law
-
 Police
- "Senate
ethics panel scolds Craig over bathroom sex sting."
... "The Senate Ethics Committee has sent [Idaho Republican Senator] Sen.
Larry Craig a letter scolding him for last summer's Minneapolis [Minnesota]
airport sexcapade." ... "Couple of highlights from the letter:" ... "•
"The Committee accepts as proven your guilty plea.”" ... "• “Your claims
to the court, through counsel, to the effect that your guilty plea resulted
from improper pressure or coercion, or that you did not, as a legal matter,
know what you were doing when you pled guilty, do not appear credible.”"
... "Here's the full
letter [PDF] (pdf)." -By Michael Winter
-USATODAY
-
Larry
Craig
- Idaho
- Minnesota
- Legal
-
 Money
- 2008
Election - "Panel:
Craig acted improperly in men's room." ... "The Senate
Ethics Committee said Wednesday that Idaho [Republican Senator] Sen. Larry
Craig acted improperly in connection with a men's room sex sting last year
and had brought discredit on the Senate." ... "In a letter to the Republican
senator, the ethics panel said Craig's attempt to withdraw his guilty plea
after his arrest at a Minneapolis [Minnesota] airport was an effort to
evade legal consequences of his own actions." ... "Craig's actions constitute
"improper conduct which has reflected discreditably on the Senate," the
letter said." ... "The panel also said Craig should have received permission
from the ethics panel before using [2008 Election] campaign funds to pay
his legal bills" -AP
via -USATODAY
20071202
-
Secret
- Larry
Craig
- Gay
- Idaho
-
 Colorado
- Minnesota
-  Airport
- Police
- Law
- 2008
Election - Money
- "More
gay men describe sexual encounters with U.S. Sen. Craig:
Allegations made since news of the Minneapolis case broke lend weight to
rumors about [Idaho Republican Senator Larry] Craig." ... "David Phillips.
Mike Jones. Greg Ruth. Tom Russell." ... "Four gay men, willing to put
their names in print and whose allegations can't be disproved, have come
forward since news of U.S. Sen. Larry Craig's guilty plea. They say they
had sex with Craig or that he made a sexual advance or that he paid them
unusual attention." ... "They are telling their stories now because they
are offended by Craig's denials, including his famous statement, "I am
not gay, I never have been gay." Those words, spoken on live national TV
on Aug. 28, are now memorialized on a just-released-for-Christmas Talking
Senator Larry Craig Action Figure." ... "A fifth gay man, who is from Boise
[Idaho's capital] but who declined to be named for fear of retaliation,
offered a recent and telling account: He was in a men's restroom at [Colorado's]
Denver International Airport in September 2006 when the man in the next
stall moved his hand slowly, palm up, under the divider. Alarmed, the man
said he waited outside the restroom and then identified the man in the
adjoining stall as Craig, whom he had met in Idaho." ... "Craig, 62, says
he was a victim of "profiling" when he was arrested June 11 at [Minnesota's]
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport for soliciting sex from an undercover
police officer in an adjoining stall in a men's restroom. Craig pleaded
guilty to disorderly conduct in August. He is appealing his conviction,
financed by his 2008 re-election fund." ... "Craig has said he hoped to
keep his guilty plea secret." -By Dan Popkey
-IdahoStatesman.com
20071005
-
Larry
Craig
-
 Ted
Haggard - Gay
- Idaho
- Minnesota
- Airport
- Police
- "'Sen.
Craig visited me' says escort who claimed relationship with Haggard."
... "The gay escort whose allegations forced the resignation of nationally
renowned evangelist Ted Haggard now says he was also visited by Idaho [Republican
Senator] Sen. Larry Craig." ... "Craig is the Republican senator who pleaded
guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct charges earlier this year after
his arrest in a Minneapolis [Minnesota] airport bathroom for propositioning
an undercover police officer." -By Nicole Vap with
contributions by Paula Woodward and Jeffrey Wolf
-9News.com
-
Larry
Craig
-
 Pete
Domenici
- Idaho
-  New
Mexico - 2008
Election - "Senate
Gets Two Surprises With Domenici Leaving, Craig Staying."
... "Two Senate Republicans revealed unexpected career changes yesterday:
New Mexico's Pete Domenici is leaving office and Idaho's Larry Craig is
staying. Party leaders would have preferred it the other way around." ...
"The announcement by Domenici that he won't seek re-election because of
a degenerative brain disease creates an opportunity for Senate Democrats
to expand their majority. Craig's insistence that he is rescinding his
resignation and will serve out his term may mean that the investigation
of a lurid incident will drag on through the courts or the Senate ethics
committee leading up to the 2008 elections." ... "``This is a party that
cannot catch a break when it comes to the Senate and the 2008 elections,''
said Jennifer Duffy, Senate editor of the nonpartisan Cook Political Report
in Washington." ... "Both decisions add more challenges as Republicans
try to defend 22 party-held Senate seats in next year's elections while
Democrats defend just 12. Domenici, 75, is the fifth Senate Republican
to announce retirement plans, leaving open seats that may be easier for
Democrats to capture." ... "Craig was arrested June 11 in a bathroom at
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on suspicion of making sexual
advances to an undercover policeman in the next stall. He said he did nothing
wrong and isn't gay." -By Laura Litvan and Chris Stern
-Bloomberg
20070911
-
David
Vitter - Larry
Craig
- Law
- New
Orleans - Louisiana
- Idaho
- "Prostitute's
new claims complicate Vitter's life." ... "Analysts
said the political future of U.S. [Louisiana Republican Senator] Sen. David
Vitter again was thrown into question Tuesday after a former New Orleans
[Louisiana] prostitute vouched in person that the senator was one of her
former clients." ... "When Vitter's sex scandal broke out in July after
he acknowledged that his Washington telephone number showed up on the phone
records of an escort service, political observers thought he could weather
the maelstrom." ... "Since then, though, the atmosphere surrounding Vitter
and the Republican Party has become more dire because of the guilty plea
in an airport sex sting by [Idaho Republican Senator] Sen. Larry Craig,
R-Idaho." -By Cain Burdeau
-AP via -Chron
-
Larry
E Craig
- Gay
- Politics
- Minnesota
- Airport
- Police
- Idaho
-
 Newspaper
- "Craig
Asks Court to Let Him Withdraw His Plea of Guilty."
... "Lawyers for [Idaho Republican] Senator Larry E. Craig filed court
papers yesterday asking that he be allowed to withdraw his guilty plea
to disorderly conduct in a Minnesota airport sex sting." ... "In an affidavit,
Mr. Craig said that he was “deeply panicked” in the aftermath of his arrest
June 11 on suspicion of soliciting a plainclothes officer in a men’s room
at [Minnesota's] Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and that, with
an Idaho newspaper already investigating his sexuality, he signed a guilty
plea on Aug. 1 to try to keep the arrest from being disclosed." ... "The
[police] officer said Mr. Craig had peeped into his stall, entered the
adjacent stall, touched the officer’s foot with his own and made hand signals
known to be silent code for soliciting sex in the restroom." -By
Duff Wilson -NYTimes
20070907
-
Craig
- Vitter
-
 Stevens
-  DeLay
-  Ney
-  Cunningham
-  Sherwood
-  Renzi
-  Doolittle
-  Jefferson
- Politicians
- Lawmakers
- Homosexual
- Idaho
- Louisiana
-  Alaska
-  Texas
-  Ohio
-  California
-  Pennsylvania
-  Arizona
- 2008
Election - "House
G.O.P.'s History Could Repeat in Senate." ... "The
embarrassing [Idaho Republican Senator] Larry Craig episode combined sex
and the justice system – always a potent political mix and one reason the
Republican leadership moved so swiftly to jettison Mr. Craig." ... "Already,
Mr. Craig is the star of a Web
video from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee featuring a
lineup of recent Republican scandals being shown to the tune of the “Bad
Boys” theme song from the television show “Cops.” It seeks to ridicule
Republican claims to hold the moral high ground." ... "Mr. Craig’s guilty
plea to a sexually related disorderly conduct charge only served to remind
people about Mr. [Louisiana Republican Senator] Vitter’s [alleged prostitution]
case – and prompt accusations of a double standard since Republicans took
no action against the Louisiana lawmaker for his heterosexual incident
compared to Mr. Craig’s homosexual one." ... "Republicans can point to
the indictment of Louisiana Democrat[ic Representative] William Jefferson,
but Democrats can counter with the names of Senators Craig, Vitter and
[Alaska Republican Senator Ted] Stevens not to mention those of former
Representatives [Texas Republican] Tom DeLay, [Ohio Republican] Bob Ney,
[California Republican] Duke Cunningham and [Pennsylvania Republican] Don
Sherwood." ... "Representative Rick Renzi of Arizona, another Republican
under investigation, has already announced he will not seek re-election
[in 2008] and top aides to [Republican] Representative John Doolittle of
California, a former member of the Republican leadership, were called before
a grand jury this week." -By Carl Hulse
-NYTimes
20070905
-
Larry
E Craig
- Ted
Stevens - David
Vitter - Idaho
- Alaska
- Louisiana
-
 Oregon
- Law
- "Craig
Moves to Block Senate Ethics Panel Complaint." ...
"Lawyers for [Idaho Republican] Senator Larry E. Craig of Idaho delivered
a letter to the Senate ethics committee today asking the committee to reject
a complaint relating to his guilty plea in an airport sex sting operation."
... "Mr. Craig stunned Washington late yesterday with an announcement through
his spokesman that he may return to the Senate despite announcing Saturday
“my intent to resign from the Senate effective September 30.”" ... "A nonprofit
group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington [DC], also
said it filed a complaint last week against Mr. Craig. In that filing,
Melanie Sloan, the group’s executive director, said the Senate ethics rules
broadly cover “improper conduct which may reflect upon the Senate.”" ...
"Ms. Sloan also called on the Senate to investigate [Senator] Ted Stevens,
Republican of Alaska, who is under criminal investigation for financial
dealings, and [Senator] David Vitter, Republican of Louisiana, whose name
appeared in phone records of a Washington prostitution ring." ... "The
[U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics] committee conducted a three-year
investigation into alleged sexual harassment, abuse and assault by Senator
Bob Packwood, Republican of Oregon, ending in his resignation under threat
of expulsion in 1995." -By Duff Wilson
-NYTimes
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Larry
Craig
- Gay
- Idaho
- Minnesota
- Police
- Law
- "Craig
may not be resigning after all." ... "In a surprise
twist, [Idaho Republican Senator] Sen. Larry E. Craig (R-Idaho) has left
open, albeit slightly, the possibility that he will not resign from the
Senate if he succeeds in his fight to clear his name of allegations that
he solicited sex in a Minnesota airport restroom in June." ... ""Sen. Craig
still intends to resign," his spokesman, Dan Whiting, said in an interview
Tuesday night. "That being said, Sen. Craig wants it clear he's fighting
these charges, both in Minneapolis and in the Senate Ethics Committee,
and if the wheels of justice are able to turn quick enough, meaning before
Sept. 30, he may -- and I emphasize may -- not resign." ... ""At this point,
it's a very small door that he's left open," Whiting added." ... "Craig
pleaded guilty last month to disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor. He was
arrested in June by an undercover police officer investigating complaints
of lewd conduct in a men's restroom at [Minnesota's] Minneapolis-St. Paul
International Airport." -By Richard Simon
-LAtimes
20070901
-
Larry
Craig
- Idaho
-
 NY
- 2008
Election - "Schumer:
Dems can win Craig's seat." ... "Less than an hour
after [Idaho Republican Senator] Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) announced his
resignation on Saturday, [New York Democratic Senator] Sen. Charles Schumer
(D-N.Y.) said Democrats can win his seat next year [2008 election]." ...
"Idaho [Republican Governor] Gov. Butch Otter (R) will select Craig's replacement,
who will serve out the remainder of Craig's term after the senator leaves
the upper chamber on Sept. 30." ... "In 2004, President Bush attracted
69 percent of the vote in the Gem State. Former [Idaho Democratic Representative]
Rep. Larry LaRocco (D-Idaho), who announced his bid for Craig's seat in
April, had $43,566 cash on hand at the end of June." -By
Chris Good -TheHill.com
20070830
-
Larry
Edwin Craig
- David
Vitter - Ted
Stevens - Gay
- Religion
- Law
- Enforcement
- Idaho
- Louisiana
- Alaska
- 2008
Election - "Craig
Faces Growing Republican Pressure to Resign (Update3)."
... "Republican lawmakers and Christian groups are increasing pressure
on [Republican] Idaho Senator Larry Craig to resign, saying he can't resurrect
his political career after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct in connection
with a restroom incident." ... "Three Republicans in Congress yesterday
demanded Craig resign and party leaders in the Senate yesterday forced
him to relinquish his committee leadership posts." ... "Craig, 62, was
deciding whether to seek re-election [in 2008] before his arrest, and since
has become the target of jokes, putting his immediate political future
in doubt, said Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster and strategist. In defending
himself, Craig denied being gay." ... "Should Craig resign, [Republican]
Idaho Governor Butch Otter would appoint someone to fill the seat until
the 2008 election." ... "Still, Craig's troubles add to a list of Republican
embarrassments, including Louisiana [Republican] Senator David Vitter's
public apology after his phone number was linked to a Washington escort
service, and Alaska [Republican] Senator Ted Stevens's acknowledgement
that he is under an FBI corruption probe." -By Julianna
Goldman and Lorraine Woellert -Bloomberg
20070828
-
Larry
Craig
- Homosexual
- Law
- Politics
-
 History
- Idaho
- Minnesota
- 2008
Election - "Men's
room arrest reopens questions about Sen. Larry Craig:
Idaho senator pleads guilty to disorderly conduct after incident at Minnesota
airport that echoes previous allegation of homosexual conduct." ... "[Idaho
Republican Senator] Sen. Larry Craig, who in May told the Idaho Statesman
he had never engaged in homosexual acts, was arrested less than a month
later by an undercover police officer who said Craig made a sexual advance
toward him in an airport men's room." ... "The arrest at a Minnesota airport
prompted Craig to plead guilty to disorderly conduct earlier this month.
His June 11 encounter with the officer was similar to an incident in a
men's room in a Washington, D.C., rail station described by a Washington-area
man to the Idaho Statesman. In that case, the man said he and Craig had
sexual contact." ... "The Minnesota arrest was first reported Monday by
Roll Call, a Capitol Hill newspaper." ... "In an interview on May 14, Craig
told the Idaho Statesman he'd never engaged in sex with a man or solicited
sex with a man. The Craig interview was the culmination of a Statesman
investigation that began after a blogger accused Craig of homosexual sex
in October. Over five months, the Statesman examined rumors about Craig
dating to his college days and his 1982 pre-emptive denial that he had
sex with underage congressional pages." ... "The most serious finding by
the Statesman was the report by a professional man with close ties to Republican
officials. The 40-year-old man reported having oral sex with Craig at Washington's
Union Station, probably in 2004. The Statesman also spoke with a man who
said Craig made a sexual advance toward him at the University of Idaho
in 1967 and a man who said Craig "cruised" him for sex in 1994 at the REI
store in Boise [Idaho's capital]. The Statesman also explored dozens of
allegations that proved untrue, unclear or unverifiable." ... "Craig, 62,
was elected to Congress in 1980. Should he win re-election in 2008 and
complete his term, he would be the longest-serving Idahoan ever in Congress.
His record includes a series of votes against gay rights and his support
of a 2006 amendment to the Idaho Constitution that bars gay marriage and
civil unions." ... "On Aug. 9, the day after his guilty plea in Minnesota,
Craig told the Statesman he had yet to decide whether he would seek re-election
in 2008." ... "Former Democratic [Representative] Rep. Larry LaRocco announced
in April that he will run for the Senate." -By Dan
Popkey -IdahoStatesman.com
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