TOM MAGUIRE:

Two weeks ago when I quoted Dan Abrams as saying “Drop the charges” on the Duke rape debacle, I thought the prosecution case could not get any weaker.

I was wrong – it could get a lot weaker.

All the publicity, of course, will make it difficult for the DA to climb down, even if he should want to. Which is yet another reason why prosecutors should generally avoid big press conferences, even when there’s an election looming.