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Adult film star Stormy Daniels, who has drawn fully clothed attention by saying she is considering a run for the U.S. Senate in Louisiana, was free this week after posting bond on a domestic violence charge.
Republican U.S. Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana says he will vote against confirming Sonia Sotomayor to be a Supreme Court justice.
Before South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's romantic disappearance in Argentina and Nevada Sen. John Ensign's fling with a campaign aide, there was Sen. David Vitter's "serious sin" involving an escort service.
His party may have taken a severe beating in last year's elections but Republican Sen. David Vitter's political career, once seemingly crippled by a sex scandal, appears to be on the rebound as he takes on a high-profile role of being critical of congressional Democrats and President Barack Obama.
The Transportation Security Administration is reviewing a report that Sen. David Vitter, R-La., set off a security alarm when he opened a gate door in his rush to catch a flight last week at Washington Dulles International Airport.
The Senate confirmed Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state Wednesday as President Barack Obama moved to make his imprint on U.S. foreign policy, mobilizing a fresh team of veteran advisers and reaching out to world leaders. The Senate voted 94-2, with Republican Sens. David Vitter of Louisiana and Jim DeMint of South Carolina opposing.
Sen. David Vitter, R-La., can use his campaign funds to pay for some of his legal fees stemming from an escort service scandal, the Federal Election Commission decided Thursday.
A 52-year-old woman convicted of running a high-end Washington prostitution ring that snagged Republican Sen. David Vitter killed herself Thursday, police said, weeks after her trial ended on charges that she said she would never go to prison for.
Defense attorneys spared Sen. David Vitter an embarrassing trip to the witness stand in a federal prostitution trial Monday as they rested their case without calling the Louisiana Republican.
Sen. David Vitter will not have to testify about his ties to an upscale Washington escort service, a defense attorney said Monday, sparing the Louisiana Republican an embarrassing trip to the witness stand.
When Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and Louisiana Sen. David Vitter were named in sex scandals, the lawmakers largely shunned the public eye before discussing allegations of marital infidelities.
A federal judge spared Sen. David Vitter an embarrassing appearance on the witness stand in a prostitution case when she abruptly canceled a hearing scheduled for next week.
When questioned about his links to a Washington escort service, Sen. David Vitter has chosen his words carefully. He apologized for a "very serious sin in my past," but said the details were best left between God and his family.
A GOP leader Sunday denied a double standard in pushing Sen. Larry Craig to resign after a sex sting guilty plea, while remaining silent over GOP Sen. David Vitter's involvement with an escort service.
Louisiana Sen. David Vitter returned to the Capitol Tuesday, apologizing privately to GOP colleagues but refusing to take public questions about the sex scandal that sent him into seclusion for a week.
Louisiana Sen. David Vitter will probably emerge from seclusion soon and return to Washington to fight for his political career, a colleague of the first-term Republican said Friday.
Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt reveled in Sen. David Vitter's admission of a "very serious sin" involving an escort service and said Wednesday he's got leads on embarrassing sexual activities involving other members of Congress.
New allegations tie Sen. David Vitter to a high-priced brothel in his hometown, one day after he publicly apologized for his connection to an alleged prostitution ring in Washington, D.C.
Vitter Confronted By Rape Victim Over Franken Amendment VoteIf you're new to this seed, please read this first. At a town hall meeting this past weekend... [Senator David Vitter of Louisiana] was confronted by a constituent who, after recounting her tale of being raped, demanded to know why he opposed Sen. Al Franken's (D-Minn) amendment.
GOP Translation Machine - DSCC: Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committeethe linguistically challenged republicans are translated for us!
Senate 2010: Most endangered seatsThe 2010 Senate landscape is almost evenly split down the middle: Republicans will be defending 18 seats, while the Democrats will be defending 19 seats, including the January special election in Massachusetts.
Senator's madam woes may be crimping his anti-ACORN crusadePoor, poor Sen. David Vitter.The Louisiana Republican seems to be in quite a bind.
Senator David Vitter Angers Our Friends Up NorthWhy was David Vitter ever elected to represent the people of our country? He want to bring down Health-Care systems around the world. Instead of angering people on the left he decided to anger people up north.
Senate Guru: David Vitter Had a Lousy Week : And No Hooker Scandals to BootHe wants to import prescription drugs from Canada so that we can kill their medical system. He attacks his likely opponent in 2010 for taking same position on health care he did - at town hall meetings -. New ethics charges were brought against him.
Vitter defends GOP's Southern streak, slams colleagueSen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, was bound to hear some angry responses from his Republican colleagues when he said his party is "being taken over by Southerners" -- and not in a good way. It didn't take long for the first to pop up, from Sen. David Vitter, R-La.
Think Progress » David Vitter: I'm on the side of conservatives getting back to core conservative values.�Only a pol can actually say something like this after their behavior and still keep a straight face. Truly truly unbelievable.
Vitter Responds To Voinovich: I'm For "Core Conservative Values," Not For Straying From ThemSen. David Vitter (R-LA) is responding sternly to Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH), who blamed Southerners for dragging the Republican Party's fortunes down.
Why do GOPers survive sex scandals When a Republican affair is exposed, the left seems to assume that the religious right, with the exacting moral standards it tends to laud, will have one less general leading its "pro family" brigade.
Jindal and the 'Racist' - Page 1 - The Daily BeastI have been reading about this GOP woman, but I had no idea that the party "seems" to think it's OK. I really don't think there is anything to add. Maybe it is time to find out WHY the leaders of the party think this is OK.
Kondracke, Coulter claim Republicans fire their immorality cases like Sanford. Riiiiiiiight Mort Kondracke and Ann Coulter among a few of the people out speaking about immorality in cases like Stanford. They are but a few that are speaking about the lower morality of the Democrats compared to the Republicans. The Dems have lower standards rhetoric.
Stormy Daniels: Porn star politicsIs a former adult film actress serious about running against Louisiana's Sen. David Vitter?
Porn star launches Sen. 'listening tour'Sure, it may be a publicity stunt – but if so it's working.
Republican Sen. David Vitter Throws Airport TantrumRecently Republican Sen. David Vitter missed his flight and tried to open a jet way door after the gate had been closed, got into a confrontation with airport security and tried to intimidate the security person with his importance: "Do you know who I am?"
GOP senator flips out at airline, sets off security alarm: "Do You Know Who I Am?"The Republican senator who found himself on a DC madam's client list is drawing new attention over "impulse control."
Senator Tries to Eliminate Automatic Pay Increases For CongressWASHINGTON (AP) -- Members of Congress would lose their annual cost-of-living pay raises under a proposal that's headed for a vote in the Senate next week.
David Vitter (R-LA) epitomizes the hypocrisy that has destroyed any credibility that the GOP had with the American people after Republicans were handed control of Congress during the Clinton administration.
Porn Star for SenateSen. David Vitter's phone number was found in the records of the notorious D.C. madam. Now he faces re-election (and massive karmic payback) against a sultry adult entertainer named Stormy. Max Blumenthal has an exclusive interview.
In D.C. Prostitution Bust, 'Johns' Went UnpunishedThe "DC Madam" took a prostitution rap, then took her own life. But her alleged johns walked away uncensured and unscathed.
EntitlementHomosexual acts are unacceptable and require immediate removal from office; sleeping with prostitutes is a shun-able offense; profiting off of the trust of elected office is embraced and wished away. The scale of personal morality appears to be unbalanced in the Senate.
Hypocrisy Meter Explodes; Sens Craig and Vitter Sign on to Defence of Marriage AmendmentIf you were to identify the two senators least qualified to take bold action in defense of marriage, who would they be?
From the Dept. of Irony… Ever wonder how politicians got stereotyped as disingenuous preachers who can't live up to the standards they create for others? Take this little example:
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