The John Edwards Affair

All this should come as a cautionary tale to Republicans who are now smiling broadly, fully expecting to take over leadership of congress after the November elections. So much hasn't happened yet. When it does, the outlook could change. Every contested seat represents a drama that hasn't yet been fully scripted. For one thing, the Dems have the money. For another, the Dems are ruthless. They may already have sex tapes in their vaults ready for release at opportune moments. If they don't, they're quite capable of making it up and saying 'sorry' later. The MSM can be expected to play along with the Democrats. The public is always highly prone to be distracted from the real issues by any one of a variety of gambits that left-wing spin-meisters are likely to hatch. And they and their compliant media allies are well versed in the art of electronic lynching and smear. They know that we would much rather argue about who slept with whom (yes he did; no he didn’t; yes he did…) than face the larger issues involving our own destiny.

Republicans don't usually play this game. The way the rules are now structured, Republicans are always at fault. They react to Democrat ploys rather than formulating their own strategies. They are likely to spend an inordinate amount of their time and resources defending themselves. In this Republicans are rather dull - to say nothing of wielding power once it has dropped into their laps.

The intrigue will start in earnest once the Republican front runner has been decided on. Expect a third - seemingly attractive - choice to be introduced into the mix. Whoever is chosen for this particular task will be expected to fall on his or her sword once the Republican effort has been sufficiently undermined. Don’t laugh. This play has been run before with considerable success. People have short memories. It could just work again.