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  • September 2007

    • Craig Lawyer Courts Public Opinion, Too

      Politico  |  Sep 6, 07 8:41 AM CDT

      Craig Lawyer Courts Public Opinion, Too

      (Newser) - The man embattled Sen. Larry Craig turned to in his quest to clear his name, DC superstar lawyer Billy Martin, is a master at both legal strategy and managing public opinion, Politico reports. He shepherded the Lewinsky family through the Clinton sex scandal, positioned Wesley Snipes as the "victim of unscrupulous advice" in a tax evasion case, and most recently managed the plea bargain for NFL star Michael Vick. More »

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      scandals  • Larry Craig  • lawyer  • Idaho

    • Craig May Not Resign After All

      Idaho Statesman  |  Sep 5, 07 4:43 AM CDT

      Craig May Not Resign After All

      (Newser) - Embattled Sen. Larry Craig, arrested for disorderly conduct after allegedly soliciting sex in an airport men's room, is now flip-flopping on his decision to resign from the Senate Sept. 30. Craig is fighting the charges to which he pleaded guilty three months ago and will consider staying in the Senate if he clears his name by that date, the Idaho Statesman reports. More »

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      Senate  • ethics  • resignation  • airport  • Minneapolis  • Larry Craig  • Arlen Specter  • Idaho Statesman

    • Craig's Kids Say He Was 'Victim of Circumstance'

      ABC News  |  Sep 4, 07 5:48 PM CDT

      Craig's Kids Say He Was 'Victim of Circumstance'

      (Newser) - Idaho senator Larry Craig was just in the wrong place at the wrong time when he was arrested in a bathroom sex sting in June, his children told Good Morning America today. “He was a victim of circumstance,” said his son, who, with his sister, believes his father's actions in the bathroom were misinterpreted. More »

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      Senate  • sex scandal  • Larry Craig  • Idaho  • guilty plea  • infidelity

    • Blogger Says He Has More Names Up His Sleeve

      Washington Post  |  Sep 4, 07 3:43 PM CDT

      Blogger Says He Has More Names Up His Sleeve

      (Newser) - The blogger who first reported on Larry Craig’s gay cruising says he has outed 33 elected officials and staffers over the past few years and plans to name “a few more” Congress members in the coming months. And he’s issued a standing threat to expose closeted gays who oppose gay rights in their public lives, the Washington Post reports. More »

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      Congress  • gay rights  • homosexuality  • blogger  • Larry Craig  • Mike Rogers

    • Sen. Larry Craig Resigns

      Associated Press  |  Sep 1, 07 11:40 AM CDT

      Sen. Larry Craig Resigns

      (Newser) - Idaho Sen. Larry Craig held a press conference this morning to announce his resignation at the end of September. Noting the presence of his family and Gov. Butch Otter behind him, he said, "For any public official at this moment in time to be standing with Larry Craig is, in itself, a humbling experience." Craig apologized for "what I have caused." More »

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      Senate  • scandals  • resignation  • Larry Craig  • Idaho

  • August 2007

    • Craig Will Resign

      Idaho Statesman  |  Aug 31, 07 8:03 PM CDT

      Craig Will Resign

      (Newser) - Days after the revelation that he was caught in a police sting operation in an airport men's room, Larry Craig will resign from the US Senate, state GOP officials tell the AP and NBC News. The conservative Republican has called a news conference for tomorrow morning in Boise, where he will announce that he's stepping down Sept. 30. More »

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      Senate  • resignation  • Larry Craig  • Idaho  • Senate Republicans  • Jim Risch

    • Craig May Resign Today

      CNN  |  Aug 31, 07 9:02 AM CDT

      Craig May Resign Today

      (Newser) - Larry Craig will resign his Senate seat as soon as today, in an effort to pre-empt an official GOP call for him to step down, party sources tell CNN. Following the Idaho conservative’s guilty plea in a bathroom-stall sex sting, the Republican National Committee was preparing to call for his exit, CNN reports, but will hold off pending his decision to fall on his own sword. More »

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      Senate  • resignation  • Larry Craig  • Idaho  • RNC  • disorderly conduct

    • Tucker Carlson Claims Gay Bashed Him

      New York Daily News  |  Aug 30, 07 12:33 PM CDT

      Tucker Carlson Claims Gay Bashed Him

      (Newser) - After bragging on the air that he hit a gay man who “bothered” him in a mall bathroom, Tucker Carlson is angrily denying he’s a hate criminal. “It infuriates me to be called a gay-basher, since he was the predator, not me,” the conservative MSNBC host pled to the New York Daily News . Blog bedlam ensued after the broadcast Tuesday evening, and a prominent gay-rights group demanded an apology. More »

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      gay rights  • homosexuality  • Larry Craig  • gay  • hate crime  • Tucker Carlson

    • Paper Lacked 'Smoking Gun'

      Washington Post  |  Aug 30, 07 10:00 AM CDT

      Paper Lacked 'Smoking Gun'

      (Newser) - Howard Kurtz does a post-mortem of the Idaho Statesman's decision not to print the results of a major investigation into Larry Craig's past sexual misconduct until after the sentator's arrest for soliciting was made public this week. While the writer, Dan Popkey, admits to feeling Craig's pain, says he says the decision not to publish was a moral and journalistic one.   More »

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      newspaper  • journalism  • Larry Craig  • Idaho Statesman

    • GOP Colleagues Jump Sinking Craig Ship

      Associated Press  |  Aug 29, 07 7:54 PM CDT

      GOP Colleagues Jump Sinking Craig Ship

      (Newser) - Senators John McCain and Norm Coleman joined two Republican congressmen in urging GOP Sen. Larry Craig to resign today, the AP reports, after Craig was moved out of top committee posts by party leadership. The White House, too, said it was “disappointed" with the Idaho lawmaker after the revelations of his arrest by undercover police in an airport men's room. More »

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      John McCain  • Republicans  • White House  • gay rights  • Larry Craig  • Barney Frank  • Norm Coleman

    • Republican Scandal Level Approaches Self-Parody

      New York Times  |  Aug 29, 07 4:11 PM CDT

      Republican Scandal Level Approaches Self-Parody

      (Newser) - Sen. Larry Craig's bathroom toe tap is only the latest in a seemingly endless string of scandal that has Republicans at wit's end, the NY Times reports. Such episodes are fueling voter suspicion of a party already tied to an unpopular president and the Iraq war. "We are approaching a level of ridiculousness," fumes one GOP activist. More »

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      Iraq war  • Republicans  • scandals  • GOP  • sex scandal  • ethics  • Ted Stevens  • Larry Craig  • David Vitter

    • Craig’s Seat Up for Grabs, but Not for Dems

      Politico  |  Aug 29, 07 1:56 PM CDT

      Craig&rsquo;s Seat Up for Grabs, but Not for Dems

      (Newser) - It’s unlikely that Larry Craig will stand for re-election to the Senate next year—but don’t even think about chalking up another seat for the Democrats. Pleading guilty to disorderly conduct in an airport bathroom will probably end Craig’s career, but Politico says Idaho’s one of the country's most Republican states—68% went for Bush in 2004—and two GOPers wait to snap up the chair. More »

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      Republicans  • Democrats  • Senate  • Larry Craig  • Idaho  • Jim Risch

    • Craig: 'I Am Not Gay'

      Idaho Statesman  |  Aug 28, 07 5:35 PM CDT

      Craig: 'I Am Not Gay'

      (Newser) - Larry Craig apologized this afternoon—for "the cloud placed over Idaho," not for the disorderly conduct to which he pleaded guilty after being busted in a Minneapolis airport men's room. "I did nothing wrong," said the Republican Senator, who addressed the media in Boise with his wife at his side. "I am not gay, I never have been gay." More »

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      homosexuality  • Larry Craig  • gay  • Idaho  • Idaho Statesman

    • Cruising Senator Has Been Tough on Gay Rights

      Carpetbagger Report Blog  |  Aug 28, 07 1:07 PM CDT

      Cruising Senator Has Been Tough on Gay Rights

      (Newser) - Idaho's outed senator has long wielded his political power against gay rights, and gay advocates, having heard whispers for years, have been keeping track. Larry Craig, whose arrest for cruising in a Minneapolis airport bathroom was made public yesterday, opposes civil unions, gays in the military, and the extension of hate crime law to prosecute violence based on sexual orientation, the Carpetbagger Report says. More »

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      Mitt Romney  • gay marriage  • Larry Craig  • same-sex marriage  • hate crime  • hypocrisy  • family values

    • Idaho Paper Spills Years of Dirt on Craig

      Idaho Statesman  |  Aug 28, 07 8:22 AM CDT

      Idaho Paper Spills Years of Dirt on Craig

      (Newser) - The Idaho Statesman today released the results of a five-month investigation into charges of sexual improprieties against Sen. Larry Craig—including an encounter in a Washington, D.C., train station described to the paper by the other man. The paper held the story for months after Craig denied the allegations. The senator's guilty plea Aug. 8 in charges stemming from another bathroom stall incident became public yesterday. More »

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      scandals  • sex scandal  • investigation  • Larry Craig  • Idaho  • Idaho Statesman

    • Senator Caught in Men's Room Sex Sting

      Roll Call  |  Aug 27, 07 10:47 PM CDT

      Senator Caught in Men's Room Sex Sting

      (Newser) - Idaho Republican Sen. Larry Craig was arrested after allegedly soliciting sex from a male plainclothes police officer in a men's room at Minneapolis airport June 11. The incident is  spelled out in graphic detail in Roll Call , which obtained the arrest report. August 8th, Craig appeared in the Hennepin County District Court and pled guilty to disorderly conduct . More »

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      scandals  • sex scandal  • sex  • arrest  • Minneapolis  • Larry Craig  • Idaho  • guilty plea

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