Who wasn’t surprised yesterday when Drudge posted a developing story about supposed Edwards-mistress Rielle Hunter being pregnant (even though it was from the National Enquirer? Who wasn’t then further surprised to see no mention of it on the NE’s site (though it’s re-posted here and cached here) and Drudge’s link not working for more than 12 hours? Hrm. Interesting.

So, the Enquirer story is that supposedly Rielle was having the affair with “John” and they all knew and now she’s knocked up [Ed. note: Condoms, people, condoms! Jesus!]. But, about a month ago, Edwards’ Director of Ops/North Carolina Finance Director, Andrew Young (also married) left the campaign and moved back to Chapel Hill, where Rielle Hunter recently moved. Both Rielle and Andrew have issued statements saying that he’s the father but, naturally, her “friends” who spoke anonymously with the National Enquirer totes know better.

[Free Republic, from Drudge and the National Enquirer]