Everybody's Talking About It: A National Enquirer Report Today Entitled, "Obama Cheating Scandal: Shocking New Reports"

This report (link below) is best described as really doing little more than suggesting that Obama may have had an affair in 2004 with "gorgeous" (I agree with that part) former campaign aid Vera Baker (pictured above) (Baker worked on Obama's 2004 Senate campaign).

Let me start by saying that it appears that what The Enquirer currently has is pretty flimsy -- so much so, in fact, that I don't think they should have even run with it without having more. The only thing they have (or the only thing they are revealing) is the account of a limo driver who allegedly says that he took Baker to a "secret hotel rendezvous" at a hotel at which Obama was staying. But there's no indication that the limo driver has any idea what occurred in the hotel, and so how the hell would he know that this was some "secret rendezvous," which implies that it was sexual in nature. If this lady worked on his campaign (and apparently was very involved in it), I would assume they met all the time, including in hotels (ever seen the "mayoral election" season of HBO's The Wire?). Further, The Enquirer is also reporting that "anti-Obama operatives" have offered money to this limo driver for his account, which calls into question his motives here. In short, this is pretty weak stuff (at least so far) from The Enquirer.

But let's look ahead: If things do turn worse for Obama on this alleged "story," and if that's because it's actually true that he had the insinuated affair, then Obama needs to make sure that he does not pull a Bill Clinton. I recall 1998 very vividly. I could have easily gotten past the Monica Lewinsky scandal if Bill Clinton had early on nipped it in the bud by fessin' up. But instead, he tried to lie, squirm and weasel his way out of the story -- an awful exhibition of behavior that I cannot accept or excuse when it comes to any President of the United States.

If this thing heads south on Obama, and if it's true, then Obama will need to come out quickly and apologize for the 6-year-old incident and say that he and Michelle have or are trying to move on from it. If there is any truth to this thing, and if Obama does something similar to what I've just outlined, then I'll be able to get past the story very easily (just as I could have in 1998 if Clinton had reacted appropriately). In other words, this whole thing is a big non-story for me unless it turns out to be true and further, Obama tries to handle it in some inappropriate or dishonest fashion. And since Obama is a fairly bright politician, I tend to doubt that he would try to do that.

http://www.nationalenquirer.com/reports_obama_cheating_scandal_vera_baker_investigation/celebrity/68590