[KevinTheOmnivore]

Well, no, but it's a pretty logical assumption. Everyone knew the guy was gay, so no secret there. Secrets don't stay within party lines in this town.

As for the nasty stuff he did-- who knows. One ethics reform group (on the liberal side, supported by Democrats) claims they had the e-mail exchanges presented to them like two months ago and turned them over to the FBI. Is it likely that's the only place that info went?

Ultimately, I don't know that it matters if the Democrats knew. They are in no position, politically speaking, to play morality police. That's why they stayed relatively quiet on this until today.

But this should rightfully fall on the Republicans. One, they're the party in power. If The Dems leak this, it looks like partisan nastiness. Also, the Democrats aren't the party that claims the rights to morality, virtue, and spirituality. THat's the GOP, and this is now their problem. Everyone already expexts Democrats to be banging their interns in the office and smoking weed in the bathroom.

Novak is reporting today that Tom Reynolds may have pressured Foley to run again for re-election, even though he didn't really want to b/c he was tired of all the whispers about him on the Hill. This is very, very bad for the GOP, and could really piss off the base they're gonna need in four weeks.

To me, Reynolds is the biggest heel in all of this. He basically made it pretty clear that morality and virtue are great in 30 second spots and in mail pieces, but when it comes to keeping power and controling the House, that's the priority.