> The story would be much more hostile in it's judgment of
> what Newsom has done and would probably contain more
> sordid details in an attempt to enrage the community.
Seems to me she pretty much came out and called him immature, unwise, impulsive and dishonorable. I'm not sure it gets much more hostile than that.
And I don't think it's a Rep/Dem thing. Seems to me that Giuliani got a pretty easy time of it for being a horndog, too, didn't he?
Maybe you're comparing it to cases like the preacher in Colorado? Those guys got raked over the coals, not for being horndogs, but for being lying hypocrites.
I was trying to make the point that it normally wouldn't matter if a mayor is having an affair. When the same mayor is having an affair with an employee who works directly for them, the mayor has exposed the city to a potential lawsuit.