GOP Senators are much less likely to call for resignations if the Senatorial miscreant in question comes from a state with a Democratic governor. (see David Vitter)

Tone deaf, too. Opening sentence of the press conference? "Thank you all very much for coming OUT today".

Sheez...

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Ed Morrissey pointed out that Patrick Kennedy's messy DUI last year created little or no calls for resignation on the D side.

You mean, if the miscreant is straight.

Good luck though finding a non-squirrely Idahoan.

Pretty rich, coming from someone from the part of the country that's, over the past few years, given us Bob Smith, Sununu, the Maine Twins, Leahy, Jeffords and Saunders. (And where to begin with the Congressional contributions of the other three states just to the south.)

We're crusty Yankees--Idaho is neo-Nazi kooks.

I don't think you can blame Orrin for nutjobs that aren't from his state. Leahy, Jefford and Sanders(?) are all Vermont reps (much to my embarassment). And "over the past few years" is pretty innacurate too. Jeffords and Leahy were in Congress for 30 years, so it's not like they've just sprung upon the national scene and Saint Bernard has been a politcal player in the PDRVT for more years than I've been alive.

We're crusty Yankees--Idaho is neo-Nazi kooks.

Only part of the state. The part of the state where I lived was mostly full of Mormons.

A guilty plea to disorderly conduct certainly does not operate as an admission to the charge of lewd conduct. D.O. is usually a non-traffic summary, or whatever they call petty offenses in this or that jurisdiction. Rather on the order of jaywalking, or keeping out a library book.

I think the guy is a disgusting queer and he should resign, but for being a disgusting queer, not for pleading to the legal equavalent of a traffic ticket.