Well, if you can't tolerate being screwed with by the press, then "United States Senator" is probably not the job for you.
I don't think he's PO'ed about being screwed with by the press... he's PO'ed about someone in the Illinois GOP tipping off the press about the secret meeting.
hopefully this is just a deflection move to drag out the suspense before he officially announces...
I don't know. I would like to see him handle some CNN pukes, or a EuroPeon politician. That would surely liven up the news, and I think the American public would like it!
I think United States Senator is not for the guy who pulled the trigger on the trade deal and draft that got them Ricky Williams... god only knows what kind of bonehead moves he'd make in the Senate.
He's PO that someone he trusted can't keep their mouth shut.
In my 40 years in politics I've learned there are very few people you can trust with a secret. It seems that people have a need to be more important than they are and one way to do that is to let everyone know that you're in on a big secret. To do that you have to tell someone.
Of all the political types I know, there are 3 or 4 I would trust to keep their mouth shut.