Tori Verber Salazar is a Republican. It’s too bad she didn’t take advice from a famous GOP political consultant, the late Lee Atwater. Atwater stressed “perception is reality.” Understanding that provides the governing the ability to govern. And in the case of Verber Salazar, it may be what doomed her bid for a third term as San Joaquin County’s district attorney.
Verber Salazar is finding the company one keeps creates situations where ‘perception is reality’
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