June 09, 2011 08:53 PM UTC

Democrats To Chop Off Weiner?

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• by: Colorado Pols

Our friends at the Washington Post report:

The saga of Rep. Anthony Weiner took several turns Wednesday as a handful of Capitol Hill Democrats called for the lawmaker to resign and news broke that Weiner’s wife was pregnant…

On Capitol Hill, Rep. Allyson Y. Schwartz (D-Pa.) issued a statement Wednesday calling on Weiner (D-N.Y.) to step down after his admission of engaging in virtual relationships with at least six women. Schwartz said that “having the respect of your constituents is fundamental for a Member of Congress,” adding that in “light of Anthony Weiner’s offensive behavior online, he should resign.”

Such a strong statement by Schwartz, who handles recruitment as well as member services for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, was widely regarded as a sign that the party leadership had decided it’s time for Weiner to leave the House…

Like we said a couple of days ago, the real problem here is not Rep. Anthony Weiner’s personal morality, or lack thereof. For every Rep. Chris Lee who resigns there is a Sen. David Vitter who gets re-elected without issue after a bout of moral turpitude, and perfectly legal sexual proclivities aren’t, please pardon us, honest yardsticks to measure a public official by.

After all, looking like an idiot is not a disqualifier to high office, folks.

All of which is entirely arguable until the moment you start lying. That’s the point where late-night joke fodder becomes something that really can, and probably should, become a serious problem–and in Rep. Weiner’s case, perhaps an unjustifiable distraction for his party.