Americans' Attention to IRS, Benghazi Stories Below Average  —  Most Americans, however, say both deserve continuing investigation  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Slim majorities of Americans are very or somewhat closely following the situations involving the Internal Revenue Service (54%) …

Wow, This is Pretty Epic  —  Generally, once partisan, tendentious sources leak information that turns out to be wrong, nothing's ever done about it.  That's for many reasons, some good or somewhat understandable, mostly bad.  But on CBS Evening News tonight, Major Garrett did something …

It's Official: Those Bogus Email Leaks Came From Republicans  —  It's not as if we didn't know this already, but today Major Garrett made it official: last week's leaks that misquoted the Benghazi emails came directly from Republicans.  Here's the report on the CBS Evening News:

Republicans Altered Benghazi Emails, CBS News Report Claims  —  One day after The White House released 100 pages of Benghazi emails, a report has surfaced alleging that Republicans released a set with altered text.  —  CBS News reported Thursday that leaked versions sent out by the GOP …

Woodward: IRS scandal ‘a big mess’ but ‘not yet’ Watergate  —  Bob Woodward on Friday said the IRS's targeting of conservative groups had “not yet” risen to the level of Watergate.  —  “It's a big mess, obviously,” Woodward said on MSNBC's Morning Joe.  “I know there have been these comparisons to Watergate.

The scandals are falling apart  —  Things go wrong in government.  Sometimes it's just bad luck.  Sometimes it's rank incompetence.  Sometimes it's criminal wrongdoing.  Most of the time you never hear about it.  Or, if you do hear about it, the media eventually gets bored talking about it (see warming, global).

For Sale: A Video of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Smoking Crack Cocaine  —  Rob Ford, Toronto's conservative mayor, is a wild lunatic given to making bizarre racist pronouncements and randomly slapping refrigerator magnets on cars.  One reason for this is that he smokes crack cocaine.

This Is No Ordinary Scandal  —  Political abuse of the IRS threatens the basic integrity of our government.  —  We are in the midst of the worst Washington scandal since Watergate.  The reputation of the Obama White House has, among conservatives, gone from sketchy to sinister, and, among liberals, from unsatisfying to dangerous.