Why would Reynolds throw in the towel now, why not earlier? why not later? certainly smells.

Why did certain sources behind the Foley page scandal just “disappear” — turning up in new jobs so quickly and out of sight? Seems all so easy.

Why didn’t the press pay closer attention? Well, this might be pure incompetence, but still begs the question whether they had help looking the other way.

This is a presidential election year, not Congress-only, but it doesn’t explain walking away from a Congressional seat. Neither does the sex; it’s virtually a pre-requisite to be governor and sex w/ minors has almost been relegated to talk show fodder.

Embezzlement is weak tea. If that were all it was, they would call the cops, arrest the bugger and try to get some of it back. Having even an honest FBI troll through campaign records might reveal names and amounts, and shoddy bookkeeping, which could result in revelations of minor campaign violations. But Karl, who counts voters one at a time, doesn’t seem likely to agree that that’s harmful enough to give up a Congressional seat.

My question is is there dirty laundry in where the money came from as well as where it went? Who had their hands on it and what did they do with it?

What if some — not all — of the money went to purchasing silence on the part of pages or those in the know about pages?

on a more positive note, i’m am truly grateful for the explanations, insight, and just plain general wisdom/education to be found here among EW’s posts and the commentary in general. i’ve become a big fan of bmaz, lhp and the other legal types that are so great at turning things into plain english and simple coherent thoughts. i could not even pretend to be able to follow most of this stuff without you guys. thank you guys, all of you, seriously.