I’m fascinated by the jilted political wives club. What would I do, if my husband was caught “hiking the Appalachian Trail” or compulsively sexting with strangers on the Internet or catching VD from hookers? I’m pretty sure that I would lawyer up and dump the guy to the curb. But these women not only kept the guy around, they stood by him and were publicly disgraced.

Just because Huma has forgiven Anthony doesn’t mean that the voters should. He wasn’t really having an affair. He was compulsively engaging in boring, frat-style porn chat with young women. He couldn’t stop himself. He’s like an alcoholic. Now, I would vote for recovered alcoholic for political office, if he or she had shown that they could remain sober for several years in a row. This guy hasn’t been clean for a whole year.

Someone on Twitter pointed out that his behavior shows a disrespect for women, and that he couldn’t be trusted to work alongside women. Maybe.

Beyond the sexting itself, this guy has no ethics. He promised favors – a blogging position at Politico, an apartment – to the online chick, if she kept her mouth shut.

Steve and I were talking about Weiner over the weekend, before the scandal broke. He was amazed that Weiner was doing so well in the polls. I told him that name recognition is 90% of getting elected in this country. People know Weiner’s name, but they don’t really remember why they know his name, so they will vote for him. People didn’t forgive him, as much as forget why they knew him.

This scandal will remind people of why they know Weiner’s name.