[Alberta's Child]

Your scenario sounds quite plausible here. The fact that this was hitting the media right after Obama's "we must cooperate to deal with the fiscal cliff" press conference makes me wonder if the Republicans in the House of Representatives already know a lot more about Benghazi and the information that would have been in Petraeus' testimony than they are letting on.

I also wonder if Obama's victory on Tuesday didn't throw a monkey-wrench into a "blackmail" scenario that was intended to keep Petraeus quiet in the event Romney won.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

I also wonder if Obama's victory on Tuesday didn't throw a monkey-wrench into a "blackmail" scenario that was intended to keep Petraeus quiet in the event Romney won.

Yes, I don't think anyone in the Obama camp ever dreamed he would win. A host of circumstances worked in synergy to give him the election, and I'll bet he was just as much taken by surprise as anybody else.