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spokesmanreviewCurtis fallout minimal, GOP leaders say
By Jim Camden
Staff writer
October 31, 2007
Washington Republicans moved swiftly to cut off the scandal involving Rep. Richard Curtis of La Center, removing his name from the House GOP Web site within hours of his announced resignation.
A spokesman for the state Republican Party said Curtis’s political career was over, but discounted any long-term political effect for other party members. Curtis’ decision to resign stands in contrast to that of U.S. Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho, who announced plans to resign then changed his mind as he tries to withdraw a conviction for soliciting sex in an airport restroom, Josh Kahn said.
“It’s not going to be in the public mind for long,” Kahn said. The Craig situation is “a textbook case of the thing you don’t do, you don’t drag it out.”
Curtis will be replaced with a Republican appointee before the session starts, and the party expects to hold the seat in the next election, so the make-up of the Legislature isn’t likely to change, he added.
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maybe it will be?
Are americans so used to this that it just is a breeze that flows by?