Weiner to Resign

Reports are saying disgraced Congressman Anthony Weiner is now prepared to step down.

He is telling this to close friends and relatives.

" More updates to come...

Update on Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 11:36AM by Rick C.Limpert

Weiner has planned a news conference for 2:00 p.m ET Thursday afternoon in the New York City area to announce his resignation.

The scandal had become a distraction for House Democrats, who had raised pressure on Weiner to resign in recent days after he admitted June 6 to exchanging lewd photos and messages with women he met online.

Weiner late Wednesday told House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of his plan to step down Thursday, two Democratic aides told CBS News. Pelosi had called for his resignation Saturday and President Obama weighed in late Monday, saying if it were him, he would resign. House Speaker John Boehner called for his resignation Tuesday.

The Next Statement Weiner Will Make is "I Resign"

We've sat through how many days of Congressman Weiner statements now?

Well he made more today. 

Weiner said in a statement today that he indeed did send explicit photos of himself. He made the statement Wednesday as an X-rated photo that he purportedly took of himself turned up on the Internet.

The photo, which shows Weiner's weiner, was published by a website after conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart showed it to the hosts of Sirius XM radio's Opie & Anthony Show.

Separately, officials say Weiner's wife, Huma Abedin, is pregnant. A spokesman at the State Department, where she is a top aide to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, had no comment, but several Democrats said the couple had told their friends.

Weiner is facing calls for the first time for his resignation from Democrats, led by Rep. Allyson Schwartz of Pennsylvania.

I predict here and now that the next statement we will hear Weiner make is "I quit."  I don't know who will make him do it: Democrats in Congress, the Clintons, or his wife.  Weiner needs to step down now, he's making life too easy for comedians and political cartoonists.