His campaign spokeswoman, Karen Hughes, said Friday at a brief airport news conference that Bush has not hidden his record. I have been very candid about my past. I've said I've made mistakes in the past.
People know that.
They've thought about that. They're making their minds up now,'' he said. Bush, who was 30 years old at the time of the arrest, said he chose to keep it private to protect his daughters, but his hand was forced by the news media. Tom Connolly, a Portland lawyer and Democratic activist who attended the Democratic National Convention, told The Associated Press on Friday that he was the source of the report. Connolly said someone who was in Biddeford District Court when Bush's 1976 case came up was concerned that it had never been reported and alerted ''a public figure'' about the case.