I've mentioned several times in the past to keep things on the QT for a while myself.

That being said,

"Apparently for the first time hearing this..."

C'mon, Skub! Dontcha think that we haven't caught on to your little ploy to get someone to say something interesting for your next report when they have a camera thrust into their face?

It really isn't a huge secret that Tea Party Members have become increasingly aware of the fact that "Snyder" and "Conservative" are two words that just don't go together.

I've turned more than a few heads at meetings myself when I brought up this troublesome little detail, only to have people approach me a subsequent meetings thanking me for letting them know what he is really doing.

The guv's handlers are also adept at noticing which way the political winds are blowing.

How else could he duck and weave (and lie), to get his way through the last primary?

Bottom line: If she said that Candidate "X" is going to be running against 'Lil guv; okay, you've got a point.

But she didn't.