The fastest way to clear a room of the leaders of the conservative establishment, it seems, is to ask about the great unpleasantness surrounding Sen. Larry Craig. Gathered to praise one of President Bush's judicial nominees, they fell silent Wednesday when asked who would like…
Bill Kostroun/AP PhotoNew York Yankees catcher Jose Molina, left, and Seattle Mariners batter Adrian Beltre both ask for help from the first base umpire during first inning baseball action moments ago at Yankee Stadium in New York. The Mariners are two games behind the Yankees…
Sen. Larry Craig’s push to get the Senate Ethics Committee to dismiss an investigation of his case appeared to suffer a setback late today, when the committee issued a letter to GOP Senate Leader Mitch McConnell that, while still noting that the case is under…
Chris Peterson/Muse You Can UseChris Peterson/Muse You Can Use feels bad that his friend Dan from New York didn't see a moose like this during his recent visit to Glacier National Park here.*"By now, much of it seems like a dream and the edges of…
Item: Larry Craig, the Democrats' best friend/Howard Fineman, NewsweekMore Info: I wasn’t ready to conclude that 2008 is going to be a Democratic year, but the metastasizing Craig saga is tempting me to abandon my reporter’s caution. Sometimes in American politics, you can’t make the…
George Frey/AP PhotoRyan Stewart looks in a thicket of brush along the Provo River Trail during the search for Brigham Young University student Camille Cleverley today in Provo, Utah. Volunteers searched rocks, brush and uneven terrain Wednesday in Provo Canyon for any sign of the…
If you’re interested in the question of who might replace Larry Craig as Idaho’s next U.S. senator, check out this transcript of Gov. Otter’s conversation with reporters this morning. In it, Otter throws out two new names – former Idaho Attorney General and Lt. Gov.…
... Sez no precedent to assert authority over Minneapolis caseStanley Brand, legal counsel for Idaho Senator Larry Craig, delivered a letter on Craig's behalf to the Senate Ethics Committee today. "The letter points out that there is no precedent - in more than 220 years…
Kathy Plonka/Spokesman-ReviewKaeden Miller, left and Aidan Cummings, right, share a laugh during their first day of Kindergarten at Sorensen Magnet School in Coeur d'Alene on Tuesday. The school's popularity has officials considering offering more here.1. The University of Idaho appears to be recovering from devastating…
Latest from Eye On Boise: Craig's Word Game here"Yes, Billy, this is Larry Craig calling, you can reach me on my cell. Arlen Specter is now willing to come out in my defense arguing that all he know that I've been railroaded and all that.…
But sitting in my mom's kitchen in Copenhagen, Denmark, early one morning I suffered one of the biggest world collisions I've ever experienced, just like that, while listening to the morning news on the radio. I'd gotten up just in time to hear Sen. Larry…
... See today's new HBO Poll in left railItem: County approves boat launch fee: Funds will be used for maintenance; out-of-state boaters will pay double/Erica Curless, Spokesman-ReviewMore Info: The County Commission voted Tuesday to charge users with boats registered in Idaho a $4 daily launch…
AP PhotoItem: U.S. Constitution could clear Craig: Senators not subject to arrest while traveling to, from sessions of Congress/Joseph Farah, WorldNetDailyMore Info: Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, didn't have to plead guilty to sex charges stemming from a men's room encounter with an undercover cop in…
Originally posted 6:05 p.m. TuesdaySen. Larry Craig's spokesman says the senator is reconsidering his decision to resign. A spokesman says Idaho Senator Larry Craig is reconsidering his decision to resign after his arrest in a Minnesota airport sex sting and may still fight for his…
Item: Craig's 'resignation reversal' angers GOP: 'It simply defies reality. You can't make this up even if you are heavily medicated'/The PoliticoQuestion: Should Larry Craig stay in the U.S. Senate after all? *Yes, I believe the senator is not guilty of anything worthy of leaving…
D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.