What alarms me most about McGavick's DUI wasn't his blood alcohol content or arrest, but his monumental failure to control the way this was covered in the media - given that getting control of the news on this was the intent of his preemptive disclosure.
When I first saw him make the move, I thought it was brilliant and saavy. Now I'm worried about the competence of the campaign. As David Postman notes here:
the campaign says they hadn't even seen the police report. How could they be so stupid to come forth with this preemptively without knowing the contents? Frankly, I have a hard time believing that's true. And if it is, they deserve what they get. The whole point was to disclose it on their own terms so the Democrats couldn't use it on their terms.
I thought this story might go away over the sleepy holiday weekend. Now it continues to be on the news and will live on longer as the explanations get more complicated.
All without any Democrat operative having to lift a finger.
If is this the stuff that McGavick's staff has a plan to manage, what is he going to do with the stuff that they don't?
Posted by HaywoodChabot at September 05, 2006 08:57 PM | Email ThisWhat about what WSSC Justice Tom Chambers did - failure to report a motorcycle accident that he was responsible for ? Why is noone talking about that ?
Posted by: KS on September 5, 2006 09:08 PMYou don't think the Times is a Democrat operative?
Posted by: JB on September 8, 2006 01:27 PM