Sex could be the undoing of a family values Republican

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One down, how many more?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15042234/

Pa. GOP congressman faces surprise challenge
Sex could be the undoing of a family values Republican


Sex could be the undoing of a family values Republican.

Four-term Rep. Don Sherwood recently had one of the safest seats in Congress
as his conservatism played well in his heavily GOP, rural district in
northeastern Pennsylvania. Democrats didn't even bother fielding a candidate
in the last two elections.

Then last year Sherwood admitted to a five-year extramarital affair with a
woman 35 years his junior. He settled a lawsuit claiming he had choked her.

Constituents were stunned. Many turned angry. And some may be turning to his
Democratic opponent.

Sherwood won the GOP primary with only 56 percent of the vote even though he
faced a political novice who spent less than $5,000 on her campaign.

(more at link)

[kurth]

1. Turn their strength into a weakness

It worked wonders for Karl Rove.

[Demeter]

2. Makes You Wonder About the GOP Hiring Detectives

Where those detectives hired to dig up dirt on the Democrats, or to find and bury the dirt on their fellow GOPs?