Weigel believes the congressman would be better off if he hadn't lied:
That first week, he let a bunch of liberal-leaning pundits explain that he was probably just the target of a smear campaign. … When people say Weiner doesn't have friends, they're referring to his lack of strong allies in Congress. You could widen the net — at the end of this he's not going to have any friends in the movement, either.
Kirsten Powers, among others, resents being used by Weiner.
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