Why Press Secretaries Exist

From a political operative's perspective, why does Milwaukee County executive Scott Walker continue to serve as his own press secretary?

He's been out there for a week, catching spears, on this dust-up over his promoting Milwaukee beyond the county borders.

The simple fact that it is the county executive himself defending his actions lends gravity to a story that should have expired days ago. Clearly, Walker knows how to sell a good quote, because the stories are living-off his sound bites.

Hey, Scott, leave the clever quotes to the press secretary. Get back on message as a reformer, a fixer, a carpenter, a fisher of men, anything other than justifying why county taxpayers paid for your travel into...quicksand.