Ensign Comes Out Swinging
Ensign was the topic of conversation every where I went this weekend. It’s been my thinking since his initial refusal to resign that:
- Ensign won’t resign. To resign would be admitting wrong doing and he can’t afford to do that now. Ensign would rather weather a Senate Ethics Committee investigation than resign and go away looking guilty. The Ethics Committee isn’t exactly known for being all that tough so his odds are good of getting off with a slap on the hands from his colleagues.
- Ensign had to take the offensive soon. The Hamptons aren’t exactly innocent victims here and there’s a chance for Ensign to paint them as equal players in this sordid affair of extra-marital sex, political favors, and perhaps payoffs using taxpayer monies. What Ensign is hoping for now is an investigation to show that he did nothing illegal–not to be mistaken for doing something or many things that are improper and unseemly.
And so it begins.
Politico reports that the Hampton’s lawyer made “exorbitant demands for cash and other financial benefits on behalf of his client,” meanwhile, an Ensign aid stated that Fox News did not tip off Ensign’s office to the Hampton’s threat to go public with the affair but stopped short of revealing how Ensign found out the Hamptons sent the email to Fox News. Understandably, Ensign’s approval rating has plummeted. The good news for Ensign right now is that 62 percent of respondents said Ensign should not resign. The bad news for Ensign is that 59 percent said they would either vote for someone else or consider voting for someone else in 2012. And Shelly Berkley would be happy to run for Ensign’s seat in 2012.
And of course, this is death blow to the state Republican party–Ensign, Gibbons, Kroliki……
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“Swinging”? Yup – swing seems to be what got him in the trouble he is now in. heh heh heh…. I wonder what he was doing in that time he was AWOL in 2002….