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Dallas DA needs to develop thicker skin

While most District Attorneys around the state are green with envy at the positive press Dallas District Attorney Craig Watkins has received - from his appearance on 60 Minutes, the Dallas News naming him a finalist for 2007 Texan of the Year, and up to his recent feature on the cover of Governing magazine - a few negative stories about him (mostly by a single local TV station) have got the DA's dander up."If it were someone else sitting in this seat, they wouldn?t have to deal with that. But because I?m the first African-American, there is a microscope on me," Watkins told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in a long feature story today. ("For Dallas DA, a celebrated pursuit of justice also brings anguish and anger," Nov. 16), which focused on:the other part of the Watkins enigma, his seeming naivete, his political skin that seems paper-thin...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on November 16, 2008 (boomark / email).