How Did Arnold Schwarzenegger Affair Stay A Secret Before He Became Governor Of California?

Listen, it's not like California was doing well before Arnold Schwarzenegger was voted in as governor in 2003. Yet thanks to a recall election that only took place due to years of corrupt Democrat reign Arnold Schwarzenegger got the gig and eight years later Cali is in far worse shape than when he started. But here's the thing, as Karl Rove excellently pointed out tonight on "The O'Reilly Factor"--how the hell didn't Democrat operatives (much less the entire national media, Star magazine anyone?) not know about his secret family? Really now:

The woman believed to be Arnold Schwarzenegger’s mistress has been identified as housekeeper Mildred Patricia Baena, TMZ reports.

Baena, 50, worked in the Schwarzenegger/Shriver household for more than 20 years before leaving in January.

But according to a report from Radar Online and Star Magazine, Baena didn't retire from her position, but instead was fired.

Friends of Baena tell Radar that she was "furious" with Schwarzenegger's decision to fire her after "decades of loyal service."

TMZ reports that Baena began to pursue Schwarzenegger in the late 1990s. She reportedly bragged to friends about having unprotected sex with the former California governor during the day, while the family was out. She never stayed the night.

According to TMZ, when she became pregnant, she didn’t tell Schwarzenegger that he was the father of the baby until the boy was a toddler.

She instead listed her then-husband, Rogelio Baena, as the child's father on the birth certificate.

She reportedly had the baby in October of 1997, just a month before Shriver gave birth to Christopher Sargent, now 13.

When Schwarzenegger learned of the child, he was reportedly very “generous” with his support.