Why Aren’t We Talking About Palin’s Possible Affair?

Mickey Kaus writes: "Many Democratic friends are asking me why I’m not highlighting the National Enquirer’s Sarah Palin Affair story, given the constant harpi … I mean comprehensive coverage in this space of John Edwards’ affair. It’s not that I think the Enquirer‘s reporting is necessarily off. It’s not that I’m not curious! … But Palin’s spouse isn’t suffering from cancer, and Palin is not running on the basis of her good character as demonstrated by her loyalty to her suffering spouse. … Isn’t Palin running on ‘family values’? Sure. But it seems to me she’s running on ‘we’re-an- ordinary-messy-family confronting ordinary messy problems and we’ll work it out’ family values, not ‘we’re-a-near-storybook-perfect-faithful-couple’ family values. And whatever happened or didn’t happen was over a decade ago and they seem to have worked it out. … Having an affair and still saving your marriage–now that’s family values in action! It’s almost the opposite of hypocrisy. … Plus if Palin gets the vote of every spouse who has ever cheated, Obama’s going to lose and poor Gwen Ifill isn’t going to earn out her advance. You wouldn’t want that."