[Donald Greenberg, chairman of Fairfield University's politics department, is not surprised that the probe is ongoing.] Investigations are like spider webs, ... One leads to another and that to another and so on. |
[So does this bode well for Bridgeport?] I think so, ... A corruption investigation is a good thing. It shows something is being done. |
Everyone who comes out of the process clean will have that much more credibility, |
On gay marriage, for instance, Democrats were all over the lot on the issue. Republicans used it to sharpen their message - that this is what we stand for on this and all these other social, moral values as well. |
People may have feelings about an issue in some amorphous way, but then something happens that crystallizes these feelings and that helps people distinguish between position A and position B. Wedge issues sharpen those feelings. |