I agree with Mark Danziger that, if for no other reason, Craig should resign for this:

According to the police report, the senator presented a business card and asked, “What do you think about that?”

Of course, it’s just one step beyond what most, if not all Senators do for special privileges. John Kerry was famous for his “Do you know who I am?” incidents to take cuts in line, get into restaurants, etc., which were apparently legion in Massachusetts, and other places. Senators (and Congresspeople) being human, are going to abuse their power for privilege, but an attempt to intimidate a law officer goes over a line.

[Update a few minutes later]

While I think that he should resign, I also think that this would be a perfectly appropriate response from him should he be asked by the press:

…if I were a Senator asked to vote to expel him from office, my public answer would be,

One of Hillary!’s big-money donors is wanted for grand theft. I am, it goes without saying, shocked.

One of Hillary!’s big-money donors is wanted for grand theft. I am, it goes without saying, shocked.

One of Hillary!’s big-money donors is wanted for grand theft. I am, it goes without saying, shocked.

Fidel Castro says that a Hillary/Obama ticket is invincible.

Is this like the support that Kerry said he had from foreign leaders?

Well, at least it maintains the tradition of Democrats getting the votes of the dead.

After all, the only allegations we’ve heard about Senator Craig relate to oral sex. And as we were told 24/7 by the Democrats about a decade ago, oral sex isn’t sex at all. Just ask Bill Clinton.

[Update in the evening]

Slate editors are conflicted.

After all, the only allegations we’ve heard about Senator Craig relate to oral sex. And as we were told 24/7 by the Democrats about a decade ago, oral sex isn’t sex at all. Just ask Bill Clinton.

[Update in the evening]

Slate editors are conflicted.

After all, the only allegations we’ve heard about Senator Craig relate to oral sex. And as we were told 24/7 by the Democrats about a decade ago, oral sex isn’t sex at all. Just ask Bill Clinton.

[Update in the evening]

Slate editors are conflicted.

In a post about the effect of California splitting its electoral votes:

…it has been more than 40 years since the Democrats won a sizable majority of the popular vote.

I hadn’t thought about it, but that’s true. The last time there was a Democrat landslide, in terms of popular vote, was 1964. Every popular-vote landslide since then was a Republican one (Nixon in ’72, Reagan in ’80 and ’84, Bush in ’88). Clinton only got 43% in ’92, and couldn’t get a majority in ’96.

Maybe next year will be different, but given the current approval rating of a Democrat Congress (it’s currently lower than that of Michael Vick, I believe), and the disapproval rating of the person most likely to head their ticket, I wouldn’t bet on it.

Affirmative action is keeping blacks out of the legal profession. Get out the crayolas and color me shocked. As the article points out, good intentions aren’t enough, and when they implement racist policies, they’re all the more egregious.

[Late evening update]

Jeff Goldstein has further thoughts.