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Readers: Chuck Rosenthal should resign

By Gritsforbreakfast

The results weren't that surprising, but they were overwhelming. With 250 Grits readers registering an opinion in last week's blog survey, 89% of you (222) said Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal should resign over revelations that racist and lewd emails were found on his office computer, as well as evidence that he used county resources for his political campaign.A lot of Republicans think Rosenthal should resign because his presence might hurt GOP candidates, while some Democrats suspect he may be guilty of official misconduct. But the main reason I think it's time for him to go is that we will inevitably see a long string of local stories like this one ("Analysis: DA has history of judgment issues," Jan. 15) bringing up all his old baggage...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on January 16, 2008 (boomark / email).