Fellow Republicans call for John Ensign’s resignation

[babylonsister]

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/apr/09/fellow-republicans-call-john-ensigns-resignation/

Fellow Republicans call for John Ensign’s resignation

By J. Patrick Coolican (contact)

Friday, April 9, 2010 | 12:50 p.m.


Sen. John Ensign has become further politically isolated this week, with two fellow Republicans calling on him to resign and Rep. Dean Heller, another Republican, stopping just short of doing so.

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On "Nevada Newsmakers," Heller said Ensign is "wounded" and could be a drag on his party.

Richard Scotti and Swadeep Nigam, two former Clark County Republican officials, called for Ensign to resign.

"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," they wrote on the blog Nevada News & Views. "We call on all true conservative Republican leaders and activists to speak out now for the resignation of Senator Ensign."

Ensign has previously said he did nothing illegal or unethical and last week his office sent a statement to the Las Vegas Sun.

“Sen. Ensign remains focused on the job that he was elected to do at the urging of Nevadans from across the state. He continues to work on those issues that are most important to Nevadans such as strengthening our economy by creating jobs, reining in our national debt and enacting real health care reform.”

[SoCalDem]

1. A forced Ensign-resignation could save Reid.. Hope they do it

Nevada would have to choose TWO senators in '10.. Reid could scrape by:)

[Omaha Steve]

2. It depends on the state law

A replacement could be picked by the Gov. or something else.

[cutlassmama]

3. why won't this asshat leave? Surely he knows he's messed up.