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Associated Press reports on Republican Representative Don Sherwood from Pennsylvania:

Sex could be the undoing of a family values Republican.

Four-term Rep. Don Sherwood recently had one of the safest seats in Congress as his conservatism played well in his heavily GOP, rural district in northeastern Pennsylvania. Democrats didn’t even bother fielding a candidate in the last two elections.

Then last year Sherwood admitted to a five-year extramarital affair with a woman 35 years his junior. He settled a lawsuit claiming he had choked her.

Constituents were stunned. Many turned angry. And some may be turning to his Democratic opponent.

AP leaves out the crucial detail that he has been personally endorsed (by means of a telephone call robot) by hugely unpopular Pennslvania Senator Rick Santorum as well as President Bush himself.

Best part of this story has got to be that the guy not only had a five-year affair, but also settled a chocking asssault lawsuit, and the guy still thinks he should have the right to represent his district. Hoo hoo hoo, these guys don’t know when to quit. The district hasn’t received much attention and the last poll done was in early September. It showed Democratic challenger and former Pentagon counter-terrorism expert Chris Carney leading by seven points.

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