Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100814:01:22:00
>> does david vitter have a standard way to respond to an attack like this? it seems to me like people in politics have actually been pretty shy about going after him on this issue? >> i think there are two reasons. vitter has two modes of response. when he's caught by the press or cornered by reporters, he tends to run and duck. he went into hiding for weeks after the prostitution scandal broke and after the latest scandal involving his staffer attacking the girlfriend. he went into hiding for a week or so. but when opponents attack him, he tends to fire back at least with equal ferocity. in ...