Weiner’s lessons in how not to handle a scandal

Published June 6, 2011 4:00am ET



Watching Andrew Breitbart hijack New York Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner’s press conference was like visiting a parallel universe. It looked pretty bad for Weiner when he failed to appear promptly at the 4 p.m. presser he’d called, allowing Breitbart to take over. I didn’t think there was any way Weiner would be able to top him.

But he did.

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