Maybe it’s the heat, maybe it’s the full moon, maybe it’s Rod Serling and we are all in some gigantic Twilight Zone episode, but tell us it is not some twisted, macho, hard headedness that has made you decide to bring Darren Dopp back to the government payroll. Just when there was so much to be thankful for and excited about in yesterday’s New York Times regarding your new kitchen cabinet - POW, today’s revelations about the return of the Republican’s favorite punching bag (i.e., mechanism for distraction and obfuscation from real issues). Why?

Just when it appeared that “trooper blooper” was beginning to form a figurative “scab” and fade into the Albany backdrop of “paper shuffling” (i.e., political gamesmanship) you have reached down and ripped it off just to make it bleed all over again. What is so vexing is that it is so unnecessary and illogical. For heavens sake, are you telling us that you can’t find anyone in the media capital of the world to be your new press secretary? Christmas, if you can’t find or don’t trust a seasoned pro, then just head to Syracuse and recruit one from the #1 broadcasting school in the nation – Newhouse. Better still find someone who went to Newhouse and the Maxwell School – both #1 schools in communications and public affairs, respectively, and both are at Syracuse (home grown talent no less).

Oh, but you say, what about poor Darren Dopp who is left with no paycheck and swinging in the wind while all this much ado about, er, well, much ado continues to drag on like some bad NFL game with endless penalties and commercial breaks? Easy, get on the phone with Vernon Jordan – you should have the number or access to it since Bob Rubin is now in your “kitchen cabinet” – and tell him to find a well paying do-nothing (or even do-something) job in corporate America for Mr. Dopp. After all, President Clinton asked Mr. Jordan to find a corporate do-nothing job for Monica Lewinsky and if that’s not confidence in a man’s miracle making abilities what is? In this case we are talking about a much easier lift – I’ll leave the weight jokes to others.

Seriously though – this move and the attention it garners by being on the front page of the Metro Section of the New York Times – above the fold no less – is just beyond logical comprehension. Why? Why are you doing this? Why? Because you can? Because you just want to stick it in Joe Bruno’s eye one more time? Okay, so who doesn’t want to stick it to Joe Bruno, but this sticking in the eye has so much downside and well, what’s the upside again?

Please, someone – anyone offer up a logical and cogent reason/plan, etc. as to why this is such a great idea at this time. Hey, Mr. Serling if we are in that Twilight Zone episode – just donate my royalty check to Mensa in the name of Gov. Spitzer.

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