So, what's going on in New Jersey?

A U.S. attorney is investigating the arrangement between U.S. Senate incumbent Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and a community charity who rents out his former Union City home, the Newark Star-Ledger reports today.

"[S]ure to rock New Jersey's hotly contested Senate race" is how the Star-Ledger described the revelation.

Far be it from me to question a paper's motives. But I note that the Star-Ledger broke the story of the unethical arrangement two weeks ago, reporting that the senator helped the group qualify to apply for a federal grant program. So they may have a bit of institutional ego wrapped up in seeing a federal investigation boost the fiasco.

Others have been less excitable about the flap. Here's how the Philadelphia Inquirer reacted to the Menendez-NHCA relationship:

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