Bad in the short term maybe, but it'll help maintain the party's reputation in the long run if they show themselves willing to punish the transgressions of their own.

The theory behind CA's 2/3rds majority is it would make the government come together more in order to reach that broad a consensus....and make it really hard to raise taxes. Theoretically, the Democrats and the left end of the Republicans would pass the bills.

That didn't happen. Because there were enough crazy Republicans to pass bills with the Democrats, and the crazy ones would vote with the Democrats to get their crazy issue addressed. "Ok, we'll spend $1M investigating your UFO abduction. In return, you'll vote with us"

That is, up until the Democrats got a 2/3rds majority.

despite his family living mostly in Northern Virginia? Or Pat Roberts as senator in Kansas despite dodging Dodge City?

Right wingers: your side has plenty of carpetbaggers too.

to get another Democrat elected to the vacant seat.

Corruption is corruption and these men must go!

If we do not take the hit on this one we can not insist on ethical conduct from anyone else.

He also makes me very angry. He has put the hard work of many others at risk. We should be in front of this one making sure the public sees we stand for openness and honesty.

I live in the South Bay and didn't even know about the Wright thing.

So where is he supposedly living? And are his "voter fraud" charges just because he didn't live in his district?

Sheesh.

See my post #18 below. Sounds like prosecutor overkill, 9 felony charges for one act of living just outside his district boundaries. Wright indisputably does own a house in his district...he just apparently slept in another house he owns just outside his district.

Bad headline by Reuters, IMO.

I am constantly on the road, but I should have gotten wind of something.

to defend than is "They do it too, Nyah, Nyah."

Of course we shouldn't tolerate law breaking.

My point is I never see Republicans busted for failing residence requirements, even though they do it at least as often as Dems. In Romney's case it was ridiculously blatant; he claimed to be living in the unfinished basement of his son's house so he could vote in Massachusetts, even though he was actually living in Utah.

Wright actually owned the house he claimed to be living in. He owns several houses in that area, but one of them, the one prosecutors claimed he was living in predominantly, was just outside his district boundaries. It's nothing near as bad as what Romney was doing. Wright wasn't living in another state or even another county. Further, his conviction is not final yet, and he plans to challenge the verdict, on the ground that the jury misapplied the domicile requirements, as the article notes. He is still a state senator. So it is not beyond the pale to let him continue getting his state paycheck.

But hey, feel free to blindly join the GOP in their pile-on.

...just another corporate sponsorship politician - who Fortunately got busted.

Wright was actually convicted of eight felonies but the Senate President Pro Tem Steinberg won't call for a vote to remove him, Calderon was merely indicted and Steinberg said if he doesn't step down within a week he will call for a vote to remove him. Am I the only one who doesn't understand this?

Calderon was accused in a 28-page federal grand jury indictment of taking some $100,000 in cash bribes, along with plane trips, golf outings and jobs for his children, in exchange for influencing legislation.

Wright actually owned the house he claimed to be living in. He owns several houses in that area, but one of them, the one prosecutors claimed he was living in predominantly, was just outside his district boundaries. Wright wasn't living in another state (like Romney got away with) or even another county. Further, his conviction is not final yet; he plans to challenge the verdict on the ground that the jury misapplied the domicile requirements, as the article notes. Yes, if the verdict stands (nine felony counts for what amounts to one act seems excessive on its face) it is bad, and Wright will go, but it is nowhere near as horrible as Calderon's repeated bribery.

And with Wright goes the Dem supermajority in CA, which would be WAY worse for CA than anything Wright may have done.

about "voter fraud".

And nothing happened to him? He claimed he lived out of state.. but went there to work? I remember reading that...