By now, you've heard about Patrick Kennedy's "run-in" with the law.
This has now become a case study in how to handle negative information.
Over at his blog, Dan Flynn's analysis is that Kennedy is borrowing Bill Clinton's strategy for handling negative information ...
"Patrick Kennedy is taking a page out of the playbook of Jimmy Swaggart, Bill Clinton, Dan White, and yes, his father (Remember: 'When I fully realized what had happened this morning, I immediately contacted the police'?). Pat Kennedy postures as not the beneficiary of favorable treatment, but rather a victim. 'I struggle every day with this disease,' the representative claimed. A disease that make you lie? A disease that makes you obstruct justice?"