Liberal Blogs Largely Silent on Edwards' Admission

By Eric Pfeiffer | August 8, 2008 3:22 PM | | Comments (0)

Although the news of John Edwards admitting to lying about his affair with Rielle Hunter is still breaking, blogs have the advantage of instantaneous response. Which is why it's interesting to see that at the time of this posting, several of the major progressive blogs are ignoring the story.

Are they hoping the story goes away, or formulating their own thoughtful responses? These sites have not been shy about devoting large swaths of attention to personal Republican scandals, so if we start seeing excuses of this being "below" the discussion threshold, you can safely assume that's a dodge.

MyDD is one of the few chiming in. Diarist American1989 writes:

Elizabeth is speaking at the DNC; John might not. Just amazing! SIDE THOUGHT: What if Kerry-Edwards won in 2004 and were running for re-election. This could have been devastating.


I am a bit surprised that Kevin Drum is taking the Edwards denial of being the father at face value. If you've already been lied to repeatedly by one of your party's leaders about the same subject in question, why give him the benefit of the doubt before a paternity test is taken? And if he's not the father, and the affair ended at least a year ago, why would he be making a secretive late-night visit to see and hold the child?

Talking Points Memo's Greg Sargent recaps the news.

Meanwhile, Daily Kos, Open Left and Firedoglake remain silent.

Tags: Blogger Reactions, John Edwards

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