Dem leaders, including the Democrat Governor, are putting conditional pressure on Morrison to resign; Morrison was back in the office Monday, chatted with his staff and told the press he won’t be resigning…

Gov. Kathleen Sebelius said Monday that Attorney General Paul Morrison should resign if allegations of illegal conduct against him were proven to be true.

Morrison denounced as false allegations by his former mistress that he engaged in sexual harassment of her and tried to covertly influence court cases involving her employer, Johnson County District Attorney Phill Kline. Morrison and Kline are longstanding political rivals.

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More on calls for resignation here

A Kansas newspaper asks if Morrison’s political career is over:

Even if he doesn’t resign, observers said Monday that Morrison’s troubles deal a crippling blow to his political future and potentially knock much of the wind out of a Democratic resurgence Morrison helped start.

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And, as per our prediction (tough one I know), the story has made it national… First appearance in the Washington Times

As we’ve been noodling this over and over in our heads, as opposed to canoodling on the bed with ones clothes on, we couldn’t help but get the sense that there’s so much more than what’s being reported on this story.

In a situation like this, it’s the details behind the truthful statements that are going to paint the true picture of what type of guy Paul Morrison is. We imagine that the contacts between Mr. Morrison and Ms. Carter are much deeper than just what you read in the original article. If her allegations are true – then the rest of the story, as Paul Harvey has said in his lifetime, is going to be in the details. If you think it’s bad now, imagine how bad it’ll be if Ms. Carter managed to record any of their conversations (a smoking gun if you will) or has old phone bills (because we’ve already read there are no hotel bills – unless you count the taxpayers footing the bill). As the Kansas City Star said:

Paul Morrison campaigned for Kansas attorney general on the platform that he was the candidate of experience and good judgment.
Not all that good, as it turns out.
What kind of guy puts himself in the limelight, promotes himself as a bastion of integrity, and thinks he can get away with an extramarital affair with a staffer? Morrison even let us know while he was campaigning that he and his wife counseled couples at their church about forging strong marriages.

Paul Morrison should go look for some of that good judgment he claimed he had back in 2006 and choose the honorable path, the path that could be the first step in restoring his integrity,and to shut down the circus and resign – the longer he’s in office, the longer the drumbeat will go on.

However reluctant the local press are to cover this story and all of its details, they will cover it, and cover it accurately and fairly. There’s no question that this story has momentum, or legs as they say. The question now is how long does Mr. Morrison let this freight train go screaming down the tracks – he can’t stop it – though he may believe his own press, and think that stopping this mess is like pulling two fighting dogs apart – the truth is that if he doesn’t get out of the way now, soon it will be completely beyond his control. And if that happens, then Mr. Morrison, and the people of Kansas will have a real mess on their hands.

Last thought for the day – the conditional calls for Mr. Morrison’s resignation should it be proven that he tried to influence a legal investigation inappropriately are all nice and good, but completely self serving for Governor Sebelius and the rest of the Kansas Democrats. Even if Paul Morrison did nothing to obstruct a legal case in Kansas, it appears that he made inappropriate use of state and taxpayer property for his own personal uses – we’ll spare you the details, but if you want to know more – read Sunday’s Courier Journal article here.