Hillary, Johnny Mac and Mo

"In the U.S. most Sunday papers operate with the same staffs as the daily. When I was Sunday editor of the New York Daily News, I saw continuing efforts to dedicate reporting staff to Sunday, efforts that failed as the hands were recruited to work on daily stories. So the inefficiency of a separate Sunday staff is not really an issue here. And I don't fully understand why it is an issue in the UK; Sunday's just another day, only fatter.

"But I do wonder about the fate of the Sunday paper from our end of the press. I don't read Sunday papers anymore. I spend the weekend catching up on reading many sources, including Sunday papers, online. Sunday's best business reason to exist here was classified advertising and with that shriveling like a year-old grape, they are less profitable. Oh, they're not doomed yet. As long as papers still print, they'll likely print on Sundays. Saturday papers face a more dire fate here, since they are not bought and have little advertising. But I have to wonder whether the tradition of the fat Sunday read is in doubt here as well."

I'm not a political consultant, but after reading this Las Vegas Sun story, I'd say this is not want you want in the final weeks of an election:

"Police said they would release new information, including 911 tapes and witness interviews, about a mysterious event Friday in which a woman accused Republican governor candidate Jim Gibbons of assault, only to withdraw the allegation.

"The story is still stirring questions, fed by Democratic whispering, by information and contradictory accounts gleaned from Metro Police and a potential witness, and by the refusal of police or the Gibbons campaign to identify the people involved.

"As questions grew this week, police said they would provide more information Tuesday. But late in the afternoon, they postponed the release until today, saying they needed more time to transcribe and assemble statements.

"The incident occurred about 10 p.m. Friday night, after Gibbons and campaign adviser Sig Rogich dined with supporters at McCormick & Schmick's restaurant near the corner of Flamingo and Paradise roads. Rogich is a longtime Republican consultant and lobbyist with strong ties to Nevada's casino industry. He has an office near the restaurant.

"After dinner, Rogich and Gibbons retreated to the bar to wait out a rainstorm. In the bar, Rogich said Tuesday, he and Gibbons met two female attorneys who worked in Rogich's building and two other women, one of whom knew the two attorneys. The incident with Gibbons occurred after the candidate left the bar.

"Among the information that has surfaced this week is the existence of a second 911 call alleging an assault."

If I were a political consultant, I'd make my candidates stay home at night and have milk and cookies.