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Leadership, Messaging, Q & A, Views on News • March 7th, 2008
Voter ID prompts partisan scuffle
by Chris Lato
You have to see it to believe it. A news conference at the state capitol rapidly degenerates into something approaching a cage match. Watch the video – it’s worth it.
The merits of requiring photo ID to vote in Wisconsin are subject to debate (I am squarely in the pro-photo ID camp). Looking past the partisan wrangling that is presenting the ID issue from going before the voters as a referendum question, I was struck by how quickly things fell apart at the news conference itself. The Senate Republicans were shanghaied, and quickly lost control of their message by failing to take the steps necessary to control those in attendance. They called a news conference in an open part of the capitol. Some Democrats showed up and basically took over. It really doesn’t look great for anyone.
I have seen these news conference hijackings happen before. It’s bad form, but depending on the venue you select to host a news event, you leave yourself open to shenanigans. Suddenly, the story becomes about the fight, not the issue. The message is lost in the jumble.
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