Wonkette: Larry Craig’s Redemption

On Tuesday, Doctor Zoom of Wonkette blog posts: “In an inspiring holiday story of forgiveness and redemption, the Idaho Republican Party has welcomed back former Sen. Larry Craig, installing him this week as “financial chair of its executive committee.” It’s heartening to know that even after Craig was arrested in 2007 and charged with soliciting sex in a bathroom stall in the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport, then ordered to pay the Treasury Department roughly $242, 000 after using campaign funds to cover his legal defense, Idaho Republicans are still willing to give Sen. Widestance a second chance. More here.

Question: Can former U.S. senator Larry Craig become an influential Idaho Republican again?