Anthony Weiner

How was Anthony Weiner so easily able to find such willing sexting partners? Even conceding that Weiner's pecs were pretty impressive when he took off his shirt, this is nevertheless the embodiment of the geeky guy we all grew up with who struggled with girls. Sure, his quick thinking and tart tongue probably earned him a few points with ladies, but not to a level that could account for the online action he seems to have scored. What's more, each of the women identified thus far is relatively young and attractive, at least according to the photos they themselves published online.

During his nine days of lies about his boudoir photography hobby, Rep. Anthony Weiner complained that the issue was a "distraction" from more important matters, such as the debt-limit showdown. I disagree, and not because I find great substance in Weiner's genitalia. The naked truth is that his Twitter problem has more to do with the perilous state of the nation's finances than you might think. Scandals have been multiplying like rabbits lately - leading to a surreal moment Monday night, when former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D., Mayflower Hotel)

THE New York Times reported yesterday that embattled New York congressman Anthony Weiner 's wife is pregnant. Whoa, that must have been some photo he Tweeted her. The news comes amid a growing sexless sex scandal and calls for Weiner's head. Either one. He and Huma Abedin , 35, have been married for 11 months and we think it's safe to say that the honeymoon phase is over. Huma is in the early stages of pregnancy, according to three unnamed sources.

THE WOMEN OF Weinergate were fearless. Call me old school, but I think it takes a lot of nerve to get involved, even in an online situation, with a dirty-talking, married stranger. All I can say is, U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner 's rap must have been awfully strong to make his online flirt buddies forget that any X-rated messages they emailed or sextexted him are permanent. That's as in forever and ever. Who'd want to be connected to that? And with somebody else's husband?

The already strange Anthony Weiner affair reached the heights of the bizarre at Monday's climactic news conference - from an unexpected source. Weiner, the Democratic congressman who was about to admit he had "inappropriate" contact with women over the Internet, was late to the conference at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers, the latest in a string of bad moves. Who should leap to the empty mike but attack blogger Andrew Breitbart? His website, BigGovernment.com, had broken the Weiner story, publishing the images that led to the scandal.

Prince William and princess-y wife Kate Middleton already have broken one of their most popular (pre-marriage) campaign promises: They're hiring servants. The royal couple had promised the people - with much earnestness - they would do their own shopping and cleaning. Couldn't cope, I guess: The newlyweds have posted an ad for a housekeeper and a dresser to serve them at their new London pad, Kensington Palace. Lest you've not had your recommended daily allowance of BBC costume dramas, a dresser is a person who gently places rich people into their pants, socks, boots, cravats, and so forth.

OH, BALLS! There's a decent chance that those words entered the mind of New York congressman Anthony Weiner yesterday afternoon as he lost his grip on an embarrassing Twitter-related scandal that threatens to ruin his career. The married pol admitted at a news conference that he lied last month when he claimed that someone hacked into his Twitter account and sent a photo of a man's bulging crotch to a college student in Seattle. "To be clear, the picture was of me and I sent it," he said, ending 10 days of vague answers to questions about the bulge.