A recent report from ajc.com reports that Idaho Senator Larry Craig is currently trying to clear his name by attempting to reverse the his guilty plea in a Minnesota court. Senator Craig is adamant that his plea will be reserved, but the police remain skeptical. Craig maintains that he only entered a guilty plea because he was in a "state of fear" that resulted from his anxiety he felt because he was worried the story would become public. It was the Senator's understanding that if he entered into a plea bargain the case would remain private. This, however, was obviously false. It is also important to note that Craig has said he will resign on Sept. 30 which leaves a very small window of opportunity for the court to hear the case.
Since Craig has already said he is going to resign, it begs the question of which name people are trying to clear: Larry Craig or the GOP? Many experts have said that this incident could be a repeat of the scandals that helped Democrats gain a Congressional majority in the 2006 mid-term elections. If this is true, it may be extremely important for the Republican Party to have Craig cleared. Obviously, this scandal happened early enough that it will have little effect on the 2008 election, but the GOP may be learning from past mistakes by trying to stop snowball before it truly starts rolling downhill.
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I don't think by doing either he will still have the potent effect on him self as a cadidate, nor for the GOP.... He should just leave things as they are and retire and pay his due when it comes to being caught for sheer dumb luck or for being a sicko, for what ever the case may be.... He should just fade into the back ground and tend to his family....
Even if his name does get cleared, I assume by having the case thrown out or whatever, I highly doubt the national news will pick up on it. At least definitely not in the wall-to-wall coverage like it did for those couple days, so clearing his name will only clear his conscience and not really do anything for anybody else because we won't notice.
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