2010 Elections Defined By Candidates' Dirty Laundry

It's hard to see over the pile of dirty political laundry this election. Drunk driving arrests, a teenage flirtation with witchcraft, bitter divorces, unpaid taxes – it all sounds like material for a police blotter or the parodies on NBC's "Saturday Night Live." Yet the personal and professional revelations about some of this year's candidates could yank the spotlight from issues and define a politician. "The stuff that works is ultimately the stuff that becomes a symbol or a metaphor for the person's deeper character," said Democratic consultant Chris Lehane.

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