The second day of scandal stories always bring new twists and details ranging from the illuminating to the ironic and bizarre. Today, Washington Post's Paul Kane points out the irony that Idaho Senator Larry Craig was on his way to DC on June 11 to vote on a no-confidence resolution targeting Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Craig made it back to vote on a procedural motion that blocked the no-confidence vote.

Of Republican scandals, GOP consultant Scott Reed sounds off: "The real question for Republicans in Washington is how low can you go, because we are approaching a level of ridiculousness," he said. "You can't make this stuff up."

As we wrote yesterday, this hasn't been a banner year for campaign co-chairs, what with all the sex and cocaine charges flying around. Some of the involved campaigns have taken a hands-off approach, while Gov. Mitt Romney, who Craig is backing for president, took a very active role in distancing his campaign from Craig. Romney showed up on CNBC last night and wasn't shy about answering questions on Craig by indicting all of Washington.

"Once again, we've found people in Washington have not lived up to the level of respect and dignity that we would expect for somebody that gets elected to a position of high influence. Very disappointing. He's no longer associated with my campaign, as you can imagine," Romney said. "I'm sorry to see that he has fallen short."

After the DNC slapped Florida around at a Rules and Bylaws meeting last week, the RNC is preparing its own sanctions against several states too anxious to move up their primaries, the New York Times reports. On the GOP's list: Florida, Wyoming, Michigan, South Carolina and, yes, even New Hampshire.

Iowa and Nevada will not be punished because they hold caucuses, while the five other states hold primaries. Florida and Michigan are both protesting the RNC's actions, as Michigan GOP chair Saul Anuzis points to the essential problem both Democrats and Republicans have in holding the line on early calendars: "Why would you want to punish those key states when you are trying to win the general election?"

And as negotiations on future primaries are continuing behind the scenes, the Times has one top GOP official worrying that federal legislation might take the presidential nominating process away from the parties.

After Arizona joined the pack, moving up to February 5th, Minnesota has become the latest to participate in the "national primary." The Minnesota DFL voted overwhelmingly to move their caucus up, matching the state's GOP, which moved their caucuses up last month.