Protecting Their Friends ?

In 2007, the Journal Gazette's Washington bureau chief Sylvia Smith wrote a set of revealing articles about Washington DC power couple Evan Bayh, and his wife Susan. These are important stories because they shed some insight into current allegations of lobbying lodged against Evan Bayh in his fight to regain a seat in the US Senate.  

Ms Smith wrote: "The intersection of the Bayh's professional lives illustrates the touchy ethical situation some couples face when one spouse is employed by the taxpayers to watch out for their interests and the other is dutybound to work for the financial interests of only a small group of people - the shareholders of the companies Susan Bayh directs."

Just one question. Why isn't the article available from the Journal Gazette? Is it because the Journal has endorsed Evan Bayh and they want to protect him from scrutiny, or do the news writers at the JG even know the article exists in their own archives? At any rate, it's a suspicious omission. But, the Maven is a suspicious sort of guy.

At any rate, the local blog Fort Wayne Observed has made the article available through links on their page. You can find Fort Wayne Observed and the link here:

http://www.indiana.typepad.com/

Any bets that this story will suddenly become "available" again......sometime after November 8?