Great post on Moderate Voice about troubled candidacies, apologies, understanding of new technologies and news cycles, etc.
No matter what happens to him (McGavick) in the election, he's an example of a smart politician. He hasn't hemmed and hawed or offered varying and sometimes contradictory explanations of what really happened. He acknowledged it all early and, the AP reports, added this:
Contrast this approach to Virginia Senator George Allen.
Yes, Allen apologized directly to Sidarth...but he waited so long that it almost seemed as if he had been secretly subjected to a session on waterboards before he agreed to do it.
No matter what happens to him (McGavick) in the election, he's an example of a smart politician. He hasn't hemmed and hawed or offered varying and sometimes contradictory explanations of what really happened. He acknowledged it all early and, the AP reports, added this:
"I do apologize for my mistakes and shortcomings," he said in his blog letter.People can vote against him for partisan reasons for various other reasons...but not for trying to do The Political Macarena. This is called cutting your political losses.
Contrast this approach to Virginia Senator George Allen.
Yes, Allen apologized directly to Sidarth...but he waited so long that it almost seemed as if he had been secretly subjected to a session on waterboards before he agreed to do it.
