Continuing to Chase the Wrong Rabbit
Judge in Craig Case 'Doesn't Suffer Fools'
EDINA, Minn. -- The star of today's legal proceedings is not Sen. Larry Craig, the Idaho Republican who's trying desperately to rescue his political career. Instead, it's Judge Charles Porter, who effectively holds Craig's legal and political fate in his hands.
While the two figures could not find themselves in more different legal predicaments, Porter and Craig do share at least a similar career arc toward public service. Both men were born in 1945, pre-Baby Boomers (barely) and definitely not part of the "Greatest Generation" that fought and won the war. And after a few different career moves in their early 30s -- Craig climbing the political ladder in local Idaho politics while Porter privately practiced law in Minnesota -- the two men both achieved critical success in 1980, a year that proved pivotal to the next 27 years of their lives.
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