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How to dismantle a crisis

Posted at 11:39 AM on April 27, 2006 by Bob Collins

I've commented a number of times here about how politicians get themselves into trouble when they do contortions to admit messing up; something that the people -- who really aren't stupid -- can accept. We saw it from the GOP Party in the same-sex marriage CD story, which would've gone away in an hour if they had said, "whoops, we messed up." And we saw it in the Dean Johnson controversy, which similarly would've disappeared a lot quicker for the guy if he'd ignored the instincts of politicians to shift to damage control.

Need proof? Check the City Pages blotter, where Steve Perry does a mea culpa on the "satirical" comment that meth is the Twin Cities Best Cheap Thrill. A comment that politicians were quick to make hay out of yesterday.

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