[Political Junkie Too]

I'm not used to seeing "ethics" and "ABC News" in the same sentence.

It's clear what the "suits" are doing.

They are reporting the story without reporting the story.

Instead of running the story, they are teasing the story, leaving it ambiguously hanging over Newt's head like a sword about to fall.

Which is just what they want. They get to have it both ways.

-PJ

[tanknetter]

Which is just what they want. They get to have it both ways.

Thanks for trying to bring the discussion back to where it should be: the fact that ABCNews is playing games here with trying to decide when to air this.

The fact is, they should air the thing now. We should want them to air it now, because it'll give the SC voters additional information on which to make an informed decision.

There are a few ways that this could go. First, she comes across as woman scorned and the whole thing is easily dismissed early in the cycle. Second, she provides devastating information not yet known on Gingrich, which kills his campaign early and allows a more viable candidate to win the nomination. Third, she provides damaging but not fatal information on Gingrich, allowing him (should he win the nomination) to counter, recover and be able to portray it all as "old news" by the time the general election rolls around.

I'm not going to waste my time speculating as to what it may be or may not be. I want to know what it is, I want to know now and I want to be able to make a decision on whether I'll support Gingrich based on the fullest amount of information possible.