Yes. It sounds like he received bad legal advice. I wonder if his attorneys were counting on nullification from Palin-haters on the jury.
I think they thought given enough time this would simply go away. Bad judgement.
I think David Kernell wanted to be a netroot. He had a fantasy that he could act like that and the Dems would be endeared to him. He MUST have been influence by them, too many similarities in foul language and attitude.
He will probably get a fine, probation and an Obama pardon in December 2012. His legal advice probably was to roll the dice because if convicted he could depend on a pardon before he ever had to apply for anything serious. That does not sound like such bad advice afterall, does it?