...Why should a well-regarded journalist be criticized on the basis of her marriage? AP spokesman Jack Stokes says that "any of our reporters' marital status has nothing to do with their stories. That's the professionalism we have." Lara Jordan declined comment.
Jim Jordan says he didn't know "with any specificity" what Santorum had told his wife and that Kerry was one of several Democrats who issued statements at the request of the Hotline political digest. "Even by the usual standards of the right-wing attack machine," he says, "this is just stupid, vicious and sexist."