Ynetnews: Obama's Israel policy seen as factor that cost him House seat:
The Republicans have scored an upset victory in a House race that started as a contest to replace New York Rep. Anthony Weiner, who was forced to step down following a sex-texting scandal, but became a referendum on US President Barack Obama's policies.
It's not clear what direction Anthony Weiner's life will take now that he as resigned from Congress after a sexting scandal. New York is likely to hold a special election sometime in the next few months to pick his successor.
POLITICO.com: Anthony Weiner resigning, sources confirm - Maggie Haberman and Jennifer Epstein:
Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) will resign from his seat in Congress, heeding calls from President Barack Obama, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and dozens of other congressional Democrats, sources confirm to POLITICO. The resignation ends nearly three weeks of tumultuous political controversy since the New York congressman sent a lewd picture of himself over Twitter which he claimed at first was a result of a hack, and later admitted he had sent himself.
In an exclusive interview with TODAY’s Ann Curry that will air on Tuesday’s show, President Barack Obama said that if he were Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner right now, he would resign in the wake of the scandal in which Weiner admitted to sending explicit photos of himself to women online.“I can tell you that if it was me, I would resign,’’ Obama told Curry.
CNN.com: Calls mount for Weiner's resignation:
New York (CNN) -- Three weighty Democratic voices -- including Nancy Pelosi -- on Saturday called for the resignation of embattled U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, who has been under fire after admitting to inapporpriate communications with women online.
Big Journalism "The Bigs" founder, Andrew Breitbart on with Dana about Weinergate
In early 2007 my office did a study that found that over 85% of registered sex offenders in New York City live less than five blocks from schools, and 670 sex offenders live within just two blocks. Some offenders are even closer, permanently residing less than 500 feet away from unwitting parents, educators and children.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Steve Israel, the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, have called for an investigation into Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) over the series of sexually explicit conversations and lewd photos he exchanged with a half-dozen women during the last several years.
June 6, 2011 - NYC - Andrew Breitbart attempted to hijack Anthony Weiner's press conference, getting on the microphone and demanding an apology. A few minutes later, Rep. Anthony Weiner took the stage and tearfully admitted wrongdoing.
Rep. Anthony Weiner's (D-NY) pun-laden media blitz may have convinced the public he didn't send the lewd photo from his Twitter account, but his uncertainty over whether the picture was of him only served to keep the scandal alive.
'Weinergate' is the nickname for an ongoing political tempest in a teapot, but let me start by saying that I'm going to try to skirt the politics and focus instead on a couple technical improvements that I think are needed as a result of this scandal. The coverage has been mired in partisanship, so if you're just learning about this story, I recommend that you read this timeline of tweets from the right leaning Director Blue and from the left leaning Cannon Fire, we have: Congressman Weiner was Framed! Whatever.
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