If he were a Republican, once would be enough to see him hounded out of office. Instead, we are likely to see something like this become the springboard for a new mayoral campaign -- or for a race for House/Senate, if the Democrats ignore the Constitution and give DC representation of a type not permitted by our nation's framework of government.

D.C. Council member Marion Barry was taken into custody last night by the U.S. Park Police, a police official said.

"It's my understanding that he was taken into custody," Park Police Chief Sal Lauro said in a brief interview. Lauro said he believed that Barry (D-Ward 8) was picked up in the Anacostia Park area.

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WRC (Channel 4) broadcast a report last night saying that the matter possibly involved domestic harassment or stalking. The report was based on unnamed police sources.

And interestingly enough, nowhere is the word DEMOCRAT mentioned in the article. Wanna bet that party ID would have appeared in the first sentence if it had been a member of the GOP arrested?