[barsikjal]

Nope at least in the short run. But the point is he knows he can't run. It wasn't an expectation that he yield his power (as defaulted to by his party leadership and cohorts) and hopefully let the controversy blow over. Hoping things would blow over was his default position until the criminal charges were levied. Who knows, given enough time he may dip his toes in the water again.

Stranger things have happened inthe world of democratic politics, its not as if Marion Barry and Alcee Hastings were prevented from reclaiming public office by way of criminal prosecution.