Min. Paul Scott: Republican Bob Allen was arrested this July for soliciting sex from an undercover black male cop. The reason he gave was his fear of black men.
Pam Spaulding: Florida State Representative Bob Allen (R-of course) is clearly shooting for worst defense of the year after being caught trolling for a same sex encounter.
Howie Klein: South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint is among many Republicans who are scared (post-Vitter confession) that they will be the next politician exposed as a sexual hypocrite.
Pam Spaulding: The man who tried to pass a "Lewd and Lecivious Behavior Act" is forced to explain why he offered an undercover cop twenty dollars for oral sex in a bathroom stall.
Howie Klein: The Vitter scandal has touched off new anxiety among Republicans over whether their party will pay the price for members who fail to live up to their moral principles.
Thanks to the spiral of controversy set off by GOP Va. Senator George Allen's now-legendary "macaca moment," Democrat James Webb has a genuine shot at toppling a Republican incumbent, even as he resists playing the game of politics.