This is just a quick follow-up to a post from earlier this week (see Freaky-a** Republicans, Part 3).

“Several high-placed GOP resources”are saying that Senator Larry Craig (R-Idaho) will resign from the Senate, possible as soon as today. Craig was arrested for soliciting sex from a male undercover police officer in a Minneapolis airport this past June. Craig plead guilty to disorderly conduct and paid a $500 fine.

Craig, an opponent of protection for gays in the workplace, now seems to be the victim of anti-gay backlash in his workplace. Karma is always interesting, isn’t it?

However, this also smacks of GOP hypocrisy in another respect. Another GOP Senator, David Vitter, frequented female prostitutes in the D.C. area and in his home state of Lousiana. However, he seems to be staying put in the Senate.

My analysis on what the difference is: Lousiana is a majority-Democrat state with a Democratic governor who would appoint a new Senator if Vitter were to resign. This would likely lose another Senate seat for Republicans. Idaho is solidly-Republican with a Republican governor. This would allow Republican voters over a year to get to know a new Senator (and hopefully forget the Craig incident) before the Nov. 2008 elections.

Update: A Craig aide has stated that the senator has no immediate plans to resign.

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