Not sure how this will play out, or whether it will hurt him at all.
First, the media of course will cover up for Menendez, so it’s highly unlikely that this story will see the light of day outside of the DC and Drudge.
Next, I’ve seen comments to the effect that since Menendez is single, it doesn’t matter. This is NJ after all, in the post Bill Clinton area. Most people will probably just shrug it off.
The only angle that might hurt is that voters in NJ struggling to recover from Sandy will not be sympathetic to a guy who’s being flown into exclusive resorts by rich donors to cavort with foreign hookers (shouldn’t he be buying American?), even if it did happen earlier this year.
Since he didn’t pay them their full fee (as they allege), you could argue that he’s cheap, doesn’t pay a “fair” wage, etc.
Right. I don’t expect Gloria Allred to show up with the tearful hookers at a press conference either. Now if it was a R senator, she would already be signing one hour specials on MSNBC.