It certainly can take the President and his people off message. And it certainly prevents them from dealing with the issues they want to deal with in the timeline they want to deal with them.
Bob Bennett: “It certainly can take the President and his people off message. And it certainly prevents them from dealing with the…”
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Bob Bennett discusses the potential political damage of the scandal involving Rod Blagojevich on President-elect Obama's administration.
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