The Craig Gift

Run Larry Run! He really needs to stand up for closeted gay Republicans throughout Idaho. It also fucks up the Bush Administration's Iran/Iraq rollout plans, as I'm sure the cable nets will go into full 24-Hour "Senator-We-Never-Heard-Of-Until-Last-Week-But-Now-He's-In-A-Gay-Sex-Scandal-And-It's-Lurid" mode.

What this guy said:

TPM Reader KB understands the nexus between imperialism and 24 hour cable ...

If Sen. Larry Craig reconsiders and steps all over Gen. Petraeus' week of surge, Bill Kristol's head will explode. That Penatagon media war room they set up will be useless in the face of this cable TV zoo.

And I think you can run on having exploded Bill Kristol's head, and win. Or at least be respectable.

Not only is Larry Craig the only man or woman in the state of Idaho who can deliver that Senate seat to the Democrats, but the benefits NOW to his intransigence can hardly be counted. I think a large part of the GOP stabbing him in the back and trying to get him backstage was the TIMING. There's a war to support and another war to start. We can't have the nation talking about a wide stance.