Two Top Nevada Republicans Call for Sen. John Ensign to Resign

[sabra]

Source: CBS News

Two GOP leaders in Nevada are calling on embattled Sen. John Ensign to resign because of the ongoing ethics investigations surrounding him.

"We are on the verge of great victory come November, but the most long awaited victory can quickly slip through our grasp unless we immediately put the focus back on conservative issues," two former GOP officials from Clark County, which includes Las Vegas, wrote at Nevada News and Views. "We call on all true conservative Republican leaders and activists to speak out now for the resignation of Senator Ensign."

Former Clark County Republican Party chairman Richard Scotti and Swadeep Nigam, the county party's former treasurer, accused Nevada and Washington Republicans of ignoring the trouble Ensign's problems have caused.

The controversy first started when Ensign acknowledged last June that he had an affair with one of his campaign staffers, Cynthia Hampton. Since then, the senator has come under scrutiny for possibly violating congressional rules by helping Hampton's husband find work as a lobbyist. On top of that, Ensign's parents gave the Hamptons a payment of $96,000 that they described as a gift. The FBI and the Senate Ethics Committee are investigating those matters.

A number of subpoenas have been issued to Republican groups and Nevada businesses connected to Ensign.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20002125-503544.html

[florida08]

1. Do they really think Ensign is their only problem?

We are on the verge of great victory come November,

The more I hear this the more I'm thinking of making a bet with the Intrade Trading Exchange. They thought they were ok in '06 too

[maynard]

2. someone from Nevada wants his resignation?

That is a first.......all Republicans seem to ignore his problems while trying to attack Harry Reid. They trash Harry, yet always have Ensign on talk radio (KXNT) because they value his opionions. I guess extra curriculr sex for Republicans is just a minor mistake.

[louis-t]

3. "youthful indiscretion"

[tanyev]

4. So which cliche is it? "On the verge of great victory" or "victory slipping through our grasp"?

Can't really have it both ways.