So – there’s the Huffington Post story about the Edwards’ mysterious, expensive, unused videographer, and Mickey Kaus’ speculation that relies on the National Enquirer.

(Here’s the thing – even without the salacious angle, there’s still a story here. Why is a campaign having trouble with funding – taking matching funds – spending $114,000 on a videographer for a bunch of web videos that never got used? (UPDATE: Okay, she wasn’t paid by the campaign, she was paid by Edwards’ One America Committee, his PAC.) It’s in the vein of the $400 haircut being paid for out of campaign funds. If I’m a donor to Edwards’ PAC, I want to know my money is being spent in the most effective manner to help my guy’s causes.)

Is this story getting legs? The New Republic mocks Kaus and urges him to “stay classy”; a blog for some Philadelphia suburban newspapers has mentioned it, Instapundit linked to Mickey’s discussion of the ramifications. And, of course, I’m writing this about it. There’s established precedent for this approach: When Gennifer Flowers appeared in 1992, most of the press avoided writing about the scandal, and wrote pieces about how the press was or was not covering it.

Oddly quiet so far? Drudge.

I mean, it’s not like anybody at the National Enquirer would have a motive to take down John Edwards. I mean…

American Media, the company that owns The National Enquirer and Star, is expected to announce today that it will acquire the Globe Communications Corporation for $100 million in cash, said executives close to the deal. The price is five times Globe Communications’ annual cash flow of about $20 million.
American Media is owned by Evercore Capital Partners, which is headed by former Deputy Treasury Secretary Roger C. Altman, who is a close friend of President Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton, arguably the first family not only of the country, but of the tabloid press.

Oh, wait.