That, to me, is where he is going to get into problems. Dallas Morning News reporter Wayne Slater told CBS News Correspondent Bill Whitaker that Bush flat out denied an arrest in an interview two years ago. Reporters also questioned a 1996 Bush statement. Bush's reply was worthy of Bill Clinton. Presidential historian and biographer Bob Dallek of Boston University thinks Bush finessed the issue effectively in his hasty press conference Thursday night by explaining that he had kept the secret for fear of setting a bad example for his twin girls.
People have things that they hide from their kids.
That's the chord he shrewdly strikes with families. Dallek and political analyst Norm Ornstein of American Enterprise Institute think the Sunday morning talk shows may influence how much significance voters assign to the story. Ornstein says the DUI story comes at the worst possible time for Bush. It does more than muddy it. CBS Worldwide Inc. All Rights Reserved.