Why on earth is there a big picture of the Duke accuser on drudge right now?  There are lots of people to blame for this mess, not the least of them for Ms. Mangum and the Duke players at the party, but the one person whose job it was to keep this from getting out of hand was Mike Nifong. 
I'm not suggesting that we pin a medal on her, but it's important to understand that Nifong must have known she was lying from the get go.  The "Why did she do it?" question is answered easily; she wanted money; she's no saint.  Someone needed to set her straight a long time ago; but the man whose job it was to do that used her to get elected instead.  We can't let him hide behind the accuser.