Set Schadenfreudenators to "Discredit"

The Mark Sanford enigma is my favorite type of political story - in the complete absence of facts, the press is left to simply note, over and over again, the complete absence of facts. The cumulative absence of facts creates a critical mass of fact absence that drives media activity (and insinuation) to a higher the highest possible level.

As I prepare for my late-night talk show, a few questions for the pundits who will be my guests:

• These latest claims - that the governor was seen at Atlanta airport when he was allegedly hiking the Appalachian trail - what do you make of them?
• Jenny Sanford, reportedly, is saying she still has not heard from her husband. Where is she in all of this? What is her duty to her husband here?
• Do you think she might have strongly objected to his plans to hike the Appalachian Trail?
  
• Isn't it...odd...for a sitting governor to abandon his security detail like that?
• His wife said he was writing something - what do you think he was writing?
  
• Some say that the Republicans had really put the whole secretly gay thing behind them - given all that's happened, do you think there may be some reassessment of that?
  
• Does the Appalachian Trail go through Atlanta? (Have intern check)
  
• They say he'll be back in his office tomorrow - given all that's happened, do you think that's really likely?
• Do you think the media is blowing this out of proportion?
• Could you list for us the stories you think have been most unfair?

Signoff...cheerful!