Senior Nevada GOP leaders to Ensign: "Resign Now"

[grantcart]

This would seem to confirm that an indictment is imminent:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/35544.html

Embattled Republican Sen. John Ensign is facing increasing pressure in Nevada to resign over the fallout from his affair with a former staffer.


On Thursday, two former officials with the Clark County Republican Party said it was time for Ensign to call it quits. Their call came just a day after Rep. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) said that “we need a stronger voice back in Washington, D.C.” and that the “wounded” senator was hurting GOP candidates “up and down the ticket.”


Writing on the Nevada News and Views website, Richard Scotti and Swadeep Nigam — the former chairman and treasurer of the Republican Party in Clark County — said Thursday that the allegations about Ensign’s conduct “have indisputably impaired Ensign’s ability to do his job effectively and this will negatively impact good Republican candidates who are running in the upcoming elections.”


“Let’s all stop ignoring the problem,” the two Republicans wrote. “The only way the Ensign problem for the GOP will go away is if enough of us call for his resignation.”


For months, Republicans nationally and in Nevada have stayed mum about Ensign’s nine-month affair with former aide Cynthia Hampton — hoping the matter would go away quietly.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/35544.html#ixzz0kWyd3M53

[stevedeshazer]

1. I hope Ensign stays on for as long as possible.

That way, the depth of his despicable behavior reaches the maximum number of people.

Ensign/Steele in 2012!

[progressoid]

2. And the longer it's drawn out, the worse chances his successor will have in the election.

:evilgrin: