Earlier we noted the unfortunate incident in which the moderate Republican candidate in the NY-23 special election, Dede Scozzafava, called the police on a reporter from The Weekly Standard after what they considered his overly aggressive questioning. The Standard is supporting the right-wing Conservative Party contender (that's a party in New York state) candidate Doug Hoffman.

Now the Scozzafava campaign has taken the unusual step of sharing its email correspondence with the Standard as evidence of the publication's villainy.