The damage control continues for Senator Allen. He's now called S.R. Sidarth directly and apologized.

UPDATE: The DSCC has reprinted the text of an email by Allen's campaign manager, Dick Wadhams.

UPDATE II: I'm a big fan of Ryan Lizza, but his piece at TNR today cataloging passages from Senator Allen's sister's book veers dangerously close to parody. Lizza informs us that he's "re-read the book and plucked out the most significant details about the senator," and then goes on to list this as his first example:

* George called me Ugly and I called George a Moron and George called me a Dog and I told George to Shut Up. (page 5)

How or why Lizza considers this a "significant detail" that is relevant to anything about the Senator's reelection or potential presidential aspirations is beyond me. As I said, if this isn't parody, it's awfully darn close, and you can understand why the Allen campaign feels like they're being mistreated by the press.