I've been healthily skeptical of a functional collaboration between CBS News and the Democratic Party to falsely accuse the president of wrongdoing using forged documents, instead betting on a "surprisingly large number of parties on the left who knew the props existed and made gentleman's bets on whether they'd fly."
The Republican National Committee, however, has done its homework (as has Jim Geraghty). How many times did DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe ever use the word "sugarcoat" in public before [September 8, 2004], just a few hours before the 60 Minutes story broke? Lexis-Nexus would probably tell us around zero. And that's just one of about twenty awfully, awfully coincidental moves made by Democrats. One thing is for sure: 2008 will be the first complete election season when Democrats won't have the press to take an oar.
WHOOPS: Offsides, offense: five yards. Healthy skepticism remains, but so do my points above; and the ramp-up for the Democrats' attack is still interesting.