John, if you're going to generalize to "the majority of" Democrats, or any group, you need a much better research design than scanning the posts on some internet website or polling its members.

I don't recall if there was scientific polling done during the "Monica Gate" to determine what percent of Dems, Repubs, etc., found Clinton's behavior unacceptable, but I do clearly remember many Democrats pubicly decrying his actions, even if they didn't consider those actions to represent the kind of "high crimes and misdemeanors" that would warrant impeachment.

Our elected officials in Washington have been officially reprimanded many times in the past for one sort of misbehavior or another without impeachment proceedings being initiated or their being asked to resign.

I really think the reason the Republicans are intent on Craig leaving office is that his tacky behavior involved trolling for gay sex -- promiscuity and homosexuality combined -- as opposed to his having committed adultery with a woman or being known as a "skirt chaser." The only reason Bob Packwood was pressured to resign from the Senate was that his pattern of conduct involved sexual harrassment, maybe even sexual assault; he wasn't just a skirt chaser, he was grabbing and fondling women without their consent. If he had merely been "sleeping around," he'd probably still be in the Senate. (And, given Gordon Smith's voting record, I wish he still were - but I digress.)

I actually think that, even if there had been no criminal charge, if the media had proof that Larry Craig was trolling for gay sex in public restrooms, the Republican party would pressure him to resign. At the very least, he'd be defeated in the next Idaho primary.