Go, Larry!

by: Jack McCullough

Tue Sep 04, 2007 at 22:26:12 PM EDT

I sure was disappointed when I heard Larry Craig was announcing his resignation from the Senate. What could improve the chances of picking up a Senate seat in Idaho than running against him?

 Now we may find out.

Craig Reconsiders Decision to Resign

BOISE, Idaho -- Sen. Larry Craig is reconsidering his decision to resign after his arrest in a Minnesota airport sex sting and may still fight for his Senate seat, his spokesman said Tuesday evening.

"It's not such a foregone conclusion anymore, that the only thing he could do was resign," Sidney Smith, Craig's spokesman in Idaho's capital, told The Associated Press.

It's kind of like the question about concession speeches. The answer there is clear: a concession speech has no legal effect, so if someone mistakenly concedes and then it turns out he won, he still gets to take office.

I don't know if Craig has signed a letter of resignation, but if all he has done is to say publicly that he will resign his position at some point in the future, he could certainly argue that he has not actually resigned.

I hope that's what happens.