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Craig had openly been mulling retirement, and the question now is whether he will resign early. Considering his defiant comments Monday night and Tuesday to the media and his reputation as stubborn, Idaho and Senate sources speculate Craig has no intention to fold easily. Party pressure could combine with unpleasant media attention to make Craig change his mind. In any event, he won’t be the GOP Senate candidate in 2008 unless somehow he is able to show all the charges to be entirely false.

As noted earlier today, a majority of Idaho voters, 55%, want their Senator to resign, rather than serve out the rest of his term (he’d be up in 2008 anyway).

Update: Russert says GOP leaders are afraid of Craig becoming a “poster boy” a la Mark Foley if he tries to hang on to his seat.

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