A reliable source tells us at Various Things & Stuff that — despite two weeks of almost unceasing bad publicity — the Review-Journal will report in Wednesday’s editions that U.S. Rep. Jim Gibbons still leads his Democratic rival, state Sen. Dina Titus, by 4 percentage points in a statewide survey.

That’s a remarkable number for Gibbons, who has had to defend himself against allegations that he assaulted waitress Chrissy Mazzeo after a night of drinking at McCormick & Schmick’s in the Howard Hughes Center. And it comes after a District Court judge ordered the release of videotapes from a nearby parking garage — where the assault allegedly happened — that reportedly show neither Mazzeo nor Gibbons.

The second most asked question in the media in the last two weeks — after "did Gibbons do it?" — has been, "what impact is this having on the race?" The most recent R-J poll showed Gibbons with 45 percent and Titus with 36 percent — a difference of 9 percentage points. Clearly, the race has narrowed if the gap is now 4 percent. But will that be enough to put Titus over the top on Election Day? Especially against the backdrop of the tapes story?

We’ll know in one week.