Reply #57: Weiner can't be an effective voice anymore - he's too vulnerable to personal attacks

[RZM]

He won't be able to function as before because if he corners somebody, they can always come back on him with the this stuff. That was his role in the party and now he can't perform it. That ship has sailed no matter what happens from here on out. Whether he stays in Congress or not, the party will have to find someone else to talk tough on the cable news shows. From the party's perspective, he's just another rep at this point and his only job now is to vote the party line. Anybody could do that, so why not make a change in favor of somebody who can offer everything Weiner can but without the baggage?