it's been virtually nothing. howie: the washington post, this is a hometown race in the state of virginia, commonwealth, i should say, ran a story inside the metro section. tara, quick thought on that. >> i think it's probably -- it probablied should have been on the front page, not the metro section. a lot of journalists feel horrified about what happened. that's a front page story to stage that kind of spectacle. it's racial historyingerring. i don't know how you get -- racial historyingerring. i don't know how you -- racially triggering. howie: i don't understand what it was supposed to accomplish. obviously this would be found out and that becomes the controversy. what about the fact that we have this every four years, the virginia and new jersey governor's races, an off year, political reporters need something to do. there's been weeks of punditry