Page Scandal

I don't blog much about politics, but I'm interested in the page scandal because I'm curious to see how the press handles it. Let's face it: sex scandals are mostly the province of Democrats. Sure, Republicans have their own indiscretions, but free sex is more for Democrats, just as stealing money is more for Republicans.

In the past, the press has played down sexual immorality, whether it's adultery or predatory. Even during its intense coverage of the Clinton/Monica affair, the undertone was always there: "This is disturbing, but a politician's private actions don't matter to his public life." I disagree, to an extent, with that notion, but that's the press' slant.

I'm wondering if they'll care more, since it's Republicans in the scandal. Check out this excerpt from yesterday:

Three decades ago, Republican Richard M. Nixon was dogged by the question of what did the president know about the break-in of Democratic headquarters at the Watergate and when did he know it.

In November 1974, Democrats capitalized on the scandal, seizing scores of congressional seats as the Watergate class swept to office.

Sexual indiscretion is Watergate stuff? And from what I can tell, we're just dealing with email exchanges here. Sick emails, but just emails (note: I haven't had time to read a lot about the scandal. If there's more to it, please let me know, but so far, I've just heard of salacious emails).