The End of Summer Draws Nigh
Idaho: The audio of Larry Craig's post-arrest interview with the arresting officer has hit the Tubes. It is damning. The cop repeatedly suggests that Craig is lying. The cop's best line: "I'm just disappointed in you sir. I'm just really am. I expect this from the guy that we get out of the hood. I mean, people vote for you." There is much speculation about Craig resigning, but that is probably coming from the Republicans who want Craig out of the picture ASAP. All we can do is wait on a Craig announcement (or not) as time rolls on. Meanwhile, we see reports out that Idaho Governor Butch Otter already has Lt. Gov. Jim Risch fitted for the appointment should Craig resign.
We also see two missives on the 2008 Idaho Senate race on the Huffington Post. One is former Senator Jean Carnahan warning us, "The next time you're in a public place and some politician peers into your eyes, broadens his stance, taps for your attention, and begins spouting 'family values' rhetoric, run for the nearest exit." The other is Democratic Senate candidate Larry LaRocco discussing his successful "Working for the Senate" campaign as Labor Day approaches.
Virginia: We'll know a little after 2pm whether or not John Warner plans on retiring. (Pssst, he's retiring. If he's not, I'll be shocked.)
Oregon: Following on the strong roll-out of Veterans for Merkley, Speaker Jeff Merkley's campaign has, with Labor Day just ahead, rolled out the first installment of Labor Democrats for Merkley, including Oregon's Labor Commissioner and several state legislators who are also union members. Meanwhile, Blue Oregon rightly points out that Gordon Smith prefers corporate tax loopholes more than veterans benefits. Real nice, Gordo. Stop Gordon Smith has more on why Smith is bad for veterans.
New Jersey: The 2008 Republican Senate primary combatants are beginning to get a little testy.
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plead guilty:
Jack Abramoff
Adam Kidan
Michael Scanlon
Duke Cunningham
Dan Doyle
James W. Treffinger
Chuck McGee
Allen Raymond
Mitchell Wade
Bob Taft
Tony Rudy
Neil Volz
Tom Noe
Terrence Gasper
Claude Allen
Bob Ney
Lester Crawford
Shaun Hansen
William Heaton
J. Steven Griles
Mark Zachares
Italia Federici
Jared Carpenter
Leandro Aragoncillo
Christopher Cahill
Kevin Andre Smoot
Michael A. Flory
David Chalmers
Coy Privette
found guilty:
James Tobin
Jim Ellis
Bill Ceverha
John Colyandro
Gov. George Ryan
Paul Clayton
David Safavian
Cherie Carroll
Ken Lay
Jeffery Skilling
Jacqueline Maiden
Kathleen Dreamer
Irving Libby
Jon Mathews
Mark Olson
Tom Anderson
Indicted:
Tom Delay
Tom Noe
Kelley Wirth
Warren RoBold
H. Douglas Talbott
Richard G. Convertino
Harry Raymond Smith III
Brian J. Doyle
Shaun Hansen
Roger G. Stillwell
Thomas T. Anderson
Brent Wilkes
Kyle Foggo
Sen. Ben Stevens
Pete Kotta
Bruce Weyhrauch
Michael Aaron Lay
Ted A. Klaudt
Thomas Ravenel
Robert Allen
David Almond
Tommy Tester
Alan B. Fabian
Angelo Cappelli
Michael Joyce
Vic Kohring
resigned/withdrawn:
Micheal Brown
Timothy Flanigan
Ken Tomlinson
Jeanne Pirro
Harriet Miers
Larry Russell
Eric Fahrendorf
Joe Alick
Nathan Mertz
Todd Schlekeway
Rachel Hoff
Jim West
Wally O'Dell
Ed Schrock
Bernard Kerrick
Jeff Ganon
Armstrong Williams
George Deutsch
Gale Norton
Tom Delay
Porter Goss
Mark Foley
Susan Ralston
Lester Crawford
Bob Ney
Ralph Arza
Sara Taylor
Kyle Sampson
Monica Goodling
Randall Tobias
Robert E. Coughlin II
Julie MacDonald
J.D. Crouch
Paul McNulty
Paul Wolfowitz
Mike Elston
Rob Portman
William Mercer
David Almond
Jim Nicholson
Bradley Schlozman
Roger Stone
Wan Kim
Larry Craig
Now that summer is over, it should be interesting to see what role Anne Estabrook decides to play in the 2007 election in NJ, since it is very locally-focused (State Senator is the highest position on the ballot).
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