We know we said we'd be gone till Monday, but as soon as we got here to the Canadian Rockies, we saw on the news that former Governor Howard Dean's son had been arrested for burglary--trying to steal liquor along with three of his friends from a country club. Gov. Dean has issued this statement at his weblog.

We think this won't have any effect on Dean's campaign. The same thing happened to Colorado's Governor Owens before his re-election--his teenage son was arrested for burglary-- and it was a non issue--no one brought it up.

Everyone who has a teenager knows they get in trouble for dumb things. We've represented a bunch of them--mostly kids of our friends or kids of our friends' friends--they are not bad kids. They are young and use bad judgment from time to time. They don't fully appreciate consequences until they get caught. But they learn from these experiences and grow into productive adults.

We wish Governor Dean and his family well, and we hope he's not too hard on the kid. That would send the wrong message entirely.

OK, now we're off duty again. A great weekend to all.