Crime

From the Shreveport Times

From the Daily Advertiser: To take the fifth or not to take the fifth? That’s the question as Vitter stares down the “DC Hot Seat.”

Meanwhile, GOP flak Lee Fletcher at Townhallshow.com does his darndest to stem the calls from Democrats and Republicans for Vitter’s resignation. According to Fletcher, “Vitter is doing what the voters elected him to do,” though no one can seem to recall any “I will plead the fifth when called to testify in a prostituion ring trial” mandate coming out of his 2004 campaign. Read more

From the Times-Picayune

From The Hill:

(Idaho Senator Larry) Craig said he has told Vitter he regretted the fact that his own case seemed to cause the media to dredge up and rehash Vitters situation. He also said he sympathizes with Vitters treatment by the media.

From the Bayou Buzz: Compares Vitter to Brittany Spears and Paris Hilton. Emplores him to stop acting like a runaway child.

Also from the Buzz, Democrats are looking for answers from state treasurer John Kennedy over his relationship with David Vitter, in addition to renewed calls for Vitter’s resignation.

From WDSU

From the Associated Press and WAFB: Defense attorneys listed the Republican senator among potential witnesses Monday as jury selection began in the case against Deborah Palfrey.

With Guiliani long gone, the Veep talk centering around a different Louisiana Republican and the prospect of his being called as a witness in defense of alleged DC Madam Deborah Jeane Palfrey, Senator David Vitter is flying in the face of a barrage of critcism from all sides who say that if he is called to the stand he simply must stand down. Complete Dem Party statement courtesy of the Bayou Buzz.

After enduring two weeks of obvious comparisons and renewed calls from Conservatives and Democrats alike for his resignation, Senator David Vitter faces yet another date with Destiny (the real kind, not the lap dancer) on April 7th when jury selection begins in the trial of Deborah Jeane Palfrey, the alleged DC Madam. That’s when we’ll likely know if Louisiana’s “stain” of a Senator will be called to testify. More from the T-P.

What do you do when you’re fending off calls from members of your own party for you to resign from the U.S Senate? If you’re David Vitter you take a nice taxpayer expensed trip to Afghanistan. Lucky for David, the bombshells over there just blow up in the road and not in Hustler Magazine. From KALB.