…from Arizona Republic:

When Rep. John Shadegg, R-Ariz., agreed to be interviewed by the Wall Street Journal for a front-page story on Nov. 3 that cast Rep. J.D. Hayworth as something of a symbol of how Republicans elected in 1994 had lost their way, Shadegg was unaware it would single out his fellow Arizonan, says an aide. GOP Rep. Jeff Flake, who like Shadegg this year had the luxury of not having a competitive re-election race, also was quoted in the same article as supporting its premise that many once-idealistic congressional conservatives had abandoned their ideas and promises. Neither is quoted as specifically mentioning Hayworth. How much that article in a national newspaper may have contributed four days later to Hayworth’s close election defeat by Democrat Harry Mitchell on Nov. 7 may be fodder for debate. But House GOP members who are sympathetic to Hayworth were asking him last week in Washington about Shadegg’s and Flake’s involvement in that article, especially given its negative pre-election depiction of congressional Republicans in general, and him personally…

My understanding is that Shadegg submitted a letter-to-the-editor in defense of Hayworth after the Republic refused to endorse him.