Unlike most other Republicans, Louisiana Sen. David Vitter couldn't have been happy when Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., was forced to admit he had "twittered" explicit photos to young women. Any time a public official gets embroiled in any sexual misconduct it's almost certain that Vitter's connection to a Washington escort service will be rehashed. On MSNBC, which has become the "Democratic alternative" to the GOP-dominated Fox News Channel, prime-time host Rachel Madow proclaimed: "If you do not now feel moved to demand that David Vitter resign -- now, in June 2011 -- how on earth can you demand that Anthony Weiner needs to resign?" MSNBC talker Cenk Uygur added: "They say 'Wiener,' You say 'Vitter.'"
On Fox, host Greta Van Susteren asked GOP Chairman Reince Priebus, who had called on Weiner to resign, if "there is a difference" between Weiner and Vitter. "Well, I don't know if it's different," Priebus said. Van Susteren said no Republican had called on Vitter to resign. "Frankly, I'm not relitigating the David Vitter situation," Priebus said.
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