Scandal or Just Incompetence?

First Read: “What’s worse, for all the controversies — especially the IRS targeting conservative-sounding groups — to be a full-fledged scandal that goes all the way to the top? Or for them to be the result of bureaucratic incompetence? You could make an argument that the latter outcome could be just as damaging to the president, because it raises doubts about his competency and the public’s trust in government.”

Joe Klein: “It can, and will, be argued that the president is to
blame for lousy management.”