The whole John "just call him Newt Gingrich" Edwards thing makes me sad and mad. The detail I just can't get over is the woman's reported paycheck for making 4, count 'em, four, webisodes.

$100,000.

That's a budget of $25,000 per webisode, one of which was 2 1/2 minutes. For her salary, not the actual budget. Supposedly shot documentary style over the course of a few months. And she had never done anything else as a videographer before. Nice work if you can get it.

Perhaps this was the budget for the whole project. Who is she paying? Camera, sound and an editor? Equipment and travel? I could see it getting to be that kind of dough, perhaps...or maybe a way to put his mistress on the payroll.