More revealing than the sexual predilections of Republican Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho in his men?s room arrest has been the swiftness of the demands for his resignation from politically shell-shocked party colleagues.
The far-fetched nature of Craig?s insistence of innocence after pleading guilty to the charge of disorderly conduct clearly was a factor in their swift denunciations. But beyond that, their reactions reflected an internal awareness that the Republican Party can?t afford any new assaults on its image right now.
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