I’m sure that we’ll see a string of these types of situations...for the following reasons:
1) This is what the press will want
2) This is what happens to normal citizens when they speak out against Barack Obama (see “Joe the Plumber)
But, the most glaring reason...
3) Normal people who are sick of big government have problems too (be they relationships, legal, etc).
Fallibility is what makes us human. The press has always believed they are above normal people, so you’ll see a substantial rise in stories about the private lives of people standing up.
Brain may have found it difficult to live up to his name.