Quick Hits

• I haven't commented on Larry Craig's decision to stay in the Senate, which he made last week after his attempt to withdraw his guilty plea for disorderly conduct was turned down by a Minnesota judge. He'd earlier promised to leave if his plea stood, but for reasons that are not at all clear, he changed his mind. Was he reacting to the unsubtle push he was getting from his own party? I know that I certainly don't like to feel railroaded into a decision.

It's always fun to watch Republicans squirm. They tried to set up some sort of moral territory that would exclude Craig but welcome hooker-patronizing David Vitter. Craig may have to face down the Senate Ethics Committee, but I say, "Bring 'em on." Let the Republicans explain their situational ethics on this issue. And just in time for campaign season. Yeah, I suspect those hearings will fade into the sunset, too, particularly if the committee starts to look into Robert Novak's report that Senate conservatives knew about and covered up Craig's "problem."

On the horizon for Craig? He's due to be inducted into the Idaho Hall of Fame on Saturday.

• In his column last week (yes, that's how far behind I am at the moment), Rich Johnston has a link to what might be the perfect content for this blog. On Comedy Central's Indecision2008 blog, casts much of the presidential field as superheroes. Some of them are pretty much on target.

• To the surprise of, well, pretty much no one, I'd imagine, Don Imus is in talks for his triumphant return to the airwaves, this time with Citadel Broadcasting, which would include ABC Radio. Not that I'm claiming any great insight, but I expected him back on the air before 2007 was out. Not everybody's happy about it, though. The National Association of Black Journalists is campaigning against him, and they may have influenced Fox News's decision of whether or not to simulcast the radio broadcast.