Mind you, that Mr. Watkins has never been a prosectuor. Sorry but criminal defense is nothing like being a prosecutor. In MY OPINION, he is not fit for the position.

Once anyone runs for a position such as Mr. Watkins has, your life is put out there for people to monitor. Every step you make, every word you speak up, will be monitored. You ask to be in the limelight, well accepted the consequences. You are suppose to be a role model. ACT like one!

To Mr. Watkins, You sir, did not win because you were fit for the position. All you did was rent a big bus and load people on who had no idea where they were going and dropped them off at a local polling stations and said “circle my name.”

FOX 4 News, I commend you on stepping out and doing a story of this magnitude so the public can see first hand who Craig Watkin’s really is.

Yes, he now and always deserves credit for righting past wrongs and pursuing real justice. That is far, far from nothing. Still…

Come on Mr. DA, maintain high standards across the board.

I’m sorry, but any time you have an office holder who, instead of offering up an apology when appropriate, would rather whine about how the media should have something better to do than point out his obvious improprieties, you’ve got a snake in the grass. If you’re running a clean office and behaving yourself, you’ve nothing to fear from the press or the public. I suspect this latest incident is just another brief glimpse into the way this guy is running his ship, and I’m sure it won’t be the last.

I think he’s under a lot of pressure to perform, and expectations have been set high for him: a lot of people are expecting him to succeed, and a lot of people are expecting him to fail. At the end of the day, Craig Watkins is probably the biggest critic of “DA Craig Watkins.” Because of that, the media gets canned responses to indiscretions they bring to light; in an attempt to downplay what are–in the grand scheme of things–mistakes he has made (errors in judgement etc). It really is hard to say “I was wrong” or “I made a mistake” and acknowledge that you did not act perfectly, especially when you are in the spotlight. It’s got to be embarrassing, and feel like you are letting everyone (including yourself) down.

In time, I think he’ll accept that even though he is acting with the best of intentions, even though he is in a position of great importance and power, that he might actually mess up every now and then. And when he does, as long as he is honest and forthcoming about it, the general public will be willing to forgive and move on.

He’s a guy who has a lot of respect for his position as the District Attorney; he wants to make the most of his time as an elected official, and he really wants to really effect a change in his office. I wouldn’t ask anyone to just step back and let him do his job unchecked. But, monitoring a public official, and holding them accountable for the duties of their office, is different from digging for mistakes to throw out in the public sphere for a “gotcha” moment.