Oops: Campaign season of gaffes and gotchas
WASHINGTON (AP) — Memo to novice political candidates: Know thy Constitution. Don’t tell Hispanics they look Asian. Pay special attention to what you say when you are in front of cameras. Which you almost always are. Expect your chitchat to go viral.
And, really, try your best to stay out of court.
Now relax. Be yourself — if you dare.
This is the year of the neophyte in politics. Anti-incumbent sentiment in general and the tea party in particular have brought fresh faces forward, many wet behind the ears in the brutalities of a modern campaign.