Given what you say about the IBM Executive, I think that Drudge et al have gone way out on a limb and this is going to backfire bigtime.
After arguing that the documents are "clear forgeries" by Democratic operatives, how can, once they are proven genuine, their content be dismissed or even downplayed?
Clearly, the content is explosive enough (for some) to try to discredit it. This is contrary to the White House tack of saying it doesn't mean all that much.
These documents seem to have created panic in the GOP ranks, which is catapulting these documents to an even greater level of importance. We should have just argued that they are inconclusive and irrelevant.