Sad, but true

"...I was once again reminded how chronically inept the Democrats are in most matters of media relations (an inability to return phone calls, a disdain for businesslike behavior, and an assumption that the press shares their interests, versus the Republicans' efficient, corporate-style care-and-feeding approach to a body that they regard with great wariness). Also, I remembered how much...the Democrats overthink just about everything--each interview becomes a strategic crisis."

- "Kerry's Karl Rove" (profile of Bob Shrum), by Michael Wolff, Vanity Fair, August 2004, pg 146.