Calls for Hastert's resignation continue

Hell has officially frozen over.  Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi and some conservative bloggers actually agree on something: House Speaker Dennis Hastert should resign.

The Conservative Voice blog is demanding that Dennis Hastert quit.  Blogger Paul Hollrah writes that Hastert has "failed as a leader," and "appears to approach the job of Speaker as if he were managing a business enterprise from the corporate board room."

As Nancy Pelosi reiterated the call for Hastert to resign, the Speaker still questions all the fuss.  "I haven't done anything wrong," Hastert said yesterday.  However, Hastert admitted last week that he handled the Foley situation poorly and the buck stops with him.

This inconsistency is hurting Hastert's reputation.  According to conservative columnist Robert Novak, Rep. Ron Lewis (R-KY) told Hastert to stay away -- this after the Speaker had planned to hold a fundraiser for the Kentucky Republican.  The New York Post reports that Dennis Hastert has backed out of a big time GOP fundraiser at the house of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

The question is whether Hastert will survive another four weeks?  GOP game-planning last week concluded that the party would be better off if he stayed put.  Now all of a sudden, private GOP circles are re-thinking that strategy. 

However, from the perspectives of most Democratic strategists, the party would love for him to stay put.