Monday, August 27, 2007

Craig Fallout   [David Freddoso]

Leaving my obvious disgust aside for a moment, my first thought on this Larry Craig bathroom thing is how rotten a job that plainclothes officer has. The second is that we may have another vacant Senate seat in a few days.

The prime candidate, in the event that Craig resigns, is Lt. Gov. Jim Risch (R), who was widely expected to run for the seat anyway. Risch stepped aside to let Butch Otter (R) take the nomination and win as governor last year. In some sense Otter left him little choice by announcing his own candidacy so early, but the perception is that it's Risch's turn now. He could even be in better shape running as the incumbent.

08/27 05:27 PMShare