Democratic powerhouse Sen. Chuck Schumer helped pave Anthony Weiner's path to power. Lloyd Grove reports on why he's standing silent as his protégé's career goes up in flames. Plus, the politicians who successfully weathered sex scandals.
Anthony Weiner's former boss and longtime mentor, Sen. Chuck Schumer, is perhaps the only New York politician who could persuade the embattled congressman to resign.
Related story on The Daily Beast: The Media's Selective Sex Scandal Savagery
But even as House and Senate Democrats from around the country are lining up to call for Weiner's head in the wake of revelations that he's been promiscuously lying about his rampant sexting, the seven-term congressman is clinging to his seat in New York's 9th congressional district and Schumer has shown no inclination to give his protégé the push.
Gallery: Who Survived a Sex Scandal?
"The feeling seems to be that the only way Weiner...
Anthony Weiner's former boss and longtime mentor, Sen. Chuck Schumer, is perhaps the only New York politician who could persuade the embattled congressman to resign.
Related story on The Daily Beast: The Media's Selective Sex Scandal Savagery
But even as House and Senate Democrats from around the country are lining up to call for Weiner's head in the wake of revelations that he's been promiscuously lying about his rampant sexting, the seven-term congressman is clinging to his seat in New York's 9th congressional district and Schumer has shown no inclination to give his protégé the push.
Gallery: Who Survived a Sex Scandal?
"The feeling seems to be that the only way Weiner...
- 6/10/2011
- by Lloyd Grove
- The Daily Beast
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