George W. Bush would have won easily in 2000 if not for the 24-year-old drunk driving arrest becoming public five days before the election. It was estimated that that cost him 4 million votes.
Thanks for the mention.
I don’t recall when that accusation came out. It may have
been right before the election, and that would shine a
different light on it, as for how to respond.
I would go after the b after the election.
The problem is, you let one broad hustle you like that, and
you’ll have hundreds lining up.