I live in a lib neighborhood, and have many lib friends. NO ONE spoke about this. At the coffee shop, wearing my Santorum shirt, I got dirty looks, but NO ONE mentioned the NYT "bombshell." I think it was a dud. It is more PROOF Saddam needed to be deposed.
A friend did mention the Haggard issue. A local minister killed himself (over some sort of TV expose), and my friend seemed non-chalant... I was disgusted by his behavior. I never even heard of Haggard before the last few days. I did hear of Jveritas though :)