One Newspaper's Extreme Case of Bad Timing

Buyer's Remorse?

(Fox News) - In an extreme case of bad timing, the Palm Beach Post newspaper endorsed Florida Democratic Congressman Tim Mahoney Sunday, just one day before he was embroiled in a sex scandal. The Post said voters should give Mahoney two more years and that, "The very unlikely winner in 2006 very much deserves to be re-elected in 2008."

Mahoney was sent to Washington after Republican incumbent Mark Foley was involved in his own sex scandal. Foley had been sending lewd e-mails to underage pages who worked on Capitol Hill.

Since news of Mahoney's alleged affairs and hush money payments surfaced, The Post has published two very critical editorials. The newspaper has not yet decided whether to scrap the endorsement, but the editorial board meets tomorrow and will publish its decision Friday.