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Popkey: Men’s Room Arrest Reopens Questions re: Craig

I'm going to keep those post at the top of the thread for awhile b/c Statesman columnist Dan Popkey spent months investigating allegations against Sen. Larry Craig.

In an interview on May 14, Craig told the Idaho Statesman he'd never engaged in sex with a man or solicited sex with a man. The Craig interview was the culmination of a Statesman investigation that began after a blogger accused Craig of homosexual sex in October. Over five months, the Statesman examined rumors about Craig dating to his college days and his 1982 pre-emptive denial that he had sex with underage congressional pages. The most serious finding by the Statesman was the report by a professional man with close ties to Republican officials. The 40-year-old man reported having oral sex with Craig at Washington's Union Station, probably in 2004. The Statesman also spoke with a man who said Craig made a sexual advance toward him at the University of Idaho in 1967 and a man who said Craig "cruised" him for sex in 1994 at the REI store in Boise. The Statesman also explored dozens of allegations that proved untrue, unclear or unverifiable -- Dan Popkey/Idaho Statesman.

Full column by Dan Popkey here

Question: What should Craig do: Resign, Call it quits after this term, or Decline to seek re-election.



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