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Why am I avoiding ShoveGate?

There's this story acting like it's a big deal, and I've avoiding it. Why? Because after watching the video twice, I can't tell what really happened. Witness accounts vary. Apparently, there was a bustle in a tight space, with the reporter ? John McCormack ? trying to get at the candidate ? Marsha Coakley ? and the Democratic staffer ? Michael Meehan ? doing something ? maybe just trying to protect her and create space around her, maybe deliberately shoving McCormack, or maybe something in between. So, I guess I'm not avoiding it anymore. I just want to say I think it's a distraction. (And I hate the tendency to call things a distraction!) I don't think it has any value in helping Massachusetts voters decide whether to vote for Coakley.

Full post as published by Althouse on January 13, 2010 (boomark / email).