We are of all should be very careful on believing you read in the general news media. Remmeber these are the same people(dummies, media elitist etc) who brought you "..shot with a 380 magnum," or "..a 40mm handgun." I am personally not a supporter of most Democrats from Calif., but I think the news media is upset because Gary Condit has not answered any of the media's accusations, and so what the news media don't know, they just kind of fill-in with speculation. Of course other news organizations pick up this speculation and report it as news. If you notice the media is fascinated with Condit's relationship with Chandra Levy, and her disappearance is sort of secondary. To the media this is like a daytime soap opera in real life. Power and a sex, sells a lot of news papers and gets a lot of viewers.
CNN's gif file of Condit's letter to his constituents.
http://www.cnn.com/interactive/us/0108/condit.letter/condit.letter.gif