House G.O.P.'s History Could Repeat in Senate
By CARL HULSE - September 7, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/07/us/politics/07web-hulse.html.... Senate Republicans are in serious danger of getting themselves in the same predicament that their counterparts in the House did in the run-up to the 2006 voting – an election that did not turn out well for House Republicans......
The Senate is facing a whole new landscape now. .... Mr. Craig is the star of a Web video from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee featuring a lineup of recent Republican scandals being shown to the tune of the “Bad Boys” theme song from the television show “Cops.” ....
There was Senator David Vitter’s admission that he was guilty of a “very serious sin” ....
..... the one that might have the most political repercussions should it result in any criminal charges is the federal investigation of Senator Ted Stevens.....
Mr. Stevens is no semi-obscure lawmaker. He is a major player in the Senate, the former chairman of the Appropriations and Commerce committees. He is the longest serving Republican senator in history and, until Democrats won control of the Senate this year, he was third in line to the presidency as president pro tem of the Senate.
Mr. Stevens is one of most important figures in the history of Alaska .......
........ at the moment, bad boy behavior still looms as a potent campaign issue – one that could this time envelop the Senate as well as the House.