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Idaho Guv's Office 'Blindsided'
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ABC News Teddy Davis Reports: As an incumbent senator in a reliably Republican state, Sen. Larry Craig was a shoo-in for re-election to a fourth term.
The Democrat running against him -- former Congressman Larry LaRocco -- had not raised much money and was not given much of a chance by independent political handicappers.
In the wake of Monday's Roll Call story which reported Craig's arrest in connection with lewd conduct, Democrats are giddy about the prospect of putting the reddest of Red States in play.
"We were blindsided by this," said an aide to Idaho's Republican Governor Butch Otter who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
If Sen. Craig were to resign, Otter would be responsible for naming a replacement.
According to the Idaho Secretary of State's office, the replacement would serve until the next election (and would be free to run in that election). The state's primary is scheduled in Idaho for May 27, 2008 and the filing period to run for Senate is between March 10-21, 2008.
If the governor wants to name himself as a replacement, there would be nothing barring him from doing so under Idaho law. The state's independently elected Republican lieutenant governor would simply assume the duties of governor.
For now, Otter's staff is just coming to grips with the Craig allegations.
August 27, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (4)
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These hypocripublicans don't resign that easy. Witness David Vitter and Ted Stevens. With the "right" wing party, one's personal self serving behavior is considered "right" first and foremost, and is sustained by "right"eous faith. Their rationalizations and justifications are limitless.
Posted by: genzavets | Aug 27, 2007 8:07:12 PM
Why should he be surprised? The "boys of Boise" were notorious generations ago.
Posted by: Charles Greene | Aug 27, 2007 11:34:40 PM
Idaho is strongly libertarian and so the fact that he was just picking up a guy in the bathroom, not actually having sex will weigh upon people here. Since when is it illegal to make a pass at someone? If that's lewd behavior, then you could arrest thousands in any bar every Saturday night. Now if he was actually engaging in a sex act or suggesting that one occur in a public place then he should get busted.
Unfortunately, anyone that the Republican party chooses to nominate will win, because all this sex scandal just reminds people of why Larry LaRocco lost his last Idaho election and why he's been hiding in DC working as a lobbyist.
Posted by: IdahoGrrrl | Aug 30, 2007 1:24:16 AM
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