Scandal du jour on the left, rooted in the near-religious belief that you’ll always find a Republican cheating if you look closely enough. Riehl almost certainly has this right: Some NBC staffer, possibly Brian Williams, was trying to get Russert to elaborate on a vague question. A mike picked it up, everyone there — including Romney — heard it, and Mitt jumped in. Any evidence for this theory? Yeah, NBC’s political blog jumped on the story, posted on it, and then deleted their post without an explanation, likely to avoid the embarrassment of having to update when they found out what happened. You can see the remnant of it on Google News; there’s a screenshot here.
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