Blind Item #2

All of the A-list politicians of a certain political party got a research document on the nominee's record, a few days before the hearings.   It took the collective staff of the politicians months of work, to compile the research involved.  There was a plan to surprise the nominee at the hearings.  While the eventual outcome of the nomination would not have changed, the hearings would have been far more embarrassing for an unprepared nominee. This A-list politician decided to go rogue.  He just shared all the research on social media instead.  He totally blew the surprise, to hog all the press and credit for himself. Yet another reason for his colleagues to hate this politician, who regularly indulges in self-promotion.