Political Speculation
"So I was down in DC this past weekend and happened to run into a well-connected media person, who told me flatly, unequivocally that 'everyone knows' The LA Times was sitting on a story, all wrapped up and ready to go about what is a potentially devastating sexual scandal involving a leading Presidential candidate. 'Everyone knows' meaning everyone in the DC mainstream media political reporting world....By the way, t’s not the Edwards rumor, it’s something else."
Mickey Kaus writes that "My vestigial Limbaugh gland tells me it must involve a Democrat, or else the Times would have found a reason to print it."
My guess is that it involved Obama. The betting market Intrade gives him only a 12.3% chance of winning the Democratic nomination. This seems very low given that he is even with Hillary in the polls to win Iowa and he has lots of cash and that many Dems are worried about Hillary's chance of winning in a general election. It almost seems as if people with inside knowledge are betting against Obama. Perhaps reporters are sitting on their information so they can continue to make Intrade bets.
