All smart, articulate guys who literally screwed themselves out of the political arena.

Until then, as has been the case for the past few millennia, they will be inextricably entwined.

there will always be political consequences.

I agree that it is too bad, that someone who could really have made a contribution sabotaged his career like this.

I say that he's out for poor impulse control and poor decision making skills...

OOh.. Forgot about crisis management skills as well...

It's about judgment. And arrogance. Weiner's return to pantless tweeting, like Edwards' affair in the middle of a campaign or Hart's daring the press to "follow me; you'll be bored," all speak to levels of poor judgment and or a clueless sense of their own invulnerability -- and that's the last thing we need in our leaders.

he really fucked us all over. I hope he gets that.

...lauding his contribution to last week's show.

However, it's all cancelled out by his self-revelations afterward and no redemption, wish he would just go away.

What I learned from Bill CLINTON was that we need Dem leaders who are focused on our Dem agenda and NOT sap our energies on just defending them instead of all of us furthering our Dem agenda.

really Mr. Weiner after what you did.

I'm a fan of AW but this comment was BS.

it is an unfortunate loss.

Though it did make for a funny little joke during the "Overtime" segment

his relatively progressive stance on domestic issues doesn't make up for his hawkishly right-wing foreign policy positions (he voted for the Iraq War, and his position on Israel/Palestine would put him in the extreme right of Likud if he sat in the Knesset) or his McCarthyite tendencies (he tried to get a university professor who was critical of the Israeli government fired).

I believe in our side's capacity to "evolve."

We could use him in the House now more than ever.