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Source: The Baltimore SunOct.儲存 24--Under scrutiny for his presence at a party where teens said there was underage drinking, Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler said Thursday that in retrospect, he should have done more to intervene."Perhaps I should have assumed there was drinking in the home, and I got that wrong," Gansler said of stopping by the party briefly and then leaving. He said not investigating whether teens were drinking "was a mistake I made."Sometimes it is difficult, he said, to know how to do the right thing as a parent.Gansler spoke at a news conference he scheduled to respond to a report in The Baltimore Sun about his role in a senior week party in Delaware in June. He said firmly he will remain a candidate in the Democratic race for governor."We're in it. We're going to win it," he said.The article about Gansler's presence at the party at a South Bethany vacation house -- where participants later confirmed that teens were drinking -- sparked a vigorous debate on Baltimore talk radio about the responsibilities of parents to monitor the alcohol use of their underage children. The article also received coverage in national media such as CNN and MSNBC.Gansler was part of a group of parents who chipped in to rent a six-bedroom house and made detailed plans for a senior week party for their sons.Gansler was captured on video and in a still photograph at the house while the party was in full swing. Young people who were at the party told The Sun that many of the partygoers were consuming alcohol. Video clearly showed partiers dancing on the breakfast bar and on a table at the rental home.The attorney general told The Sun that he stopped by the Delaware beach house to talk briefly with his teenage son and then left. He said he does not remember whether he saw anyone drinking. But even if he had, Gansler said, it was not his responsibility as a parent or a high-ranking law enforcement official to intervene."Assume for purposes of discussion that there was widespread mini storagerinking at this party," Gansler said in the article. "How is that relevant to me? ... The question is, do I have any moral authority over other people's children at beach week in another state? I say no."The reaction on WBAL radio ranged from defenses of the activities as a "rite of passage" for young adults to strong criticism of the parents.One prominent Baltimore-area figure, David Modell, called the popular morning C4 Show to tell host Clarence Mitchell IV that Gansler should resign as attorney general.Chris Imms, a producer, said callers focused on the "parental question.""We're at 60 percent condemning it and criticizing Gansler and about 40 percent trying to defend Gansler," Imms said. He said some callers were talking about the "moral dimension" of the issue of allowing underage children to drink, while other were questioning whether "political shenanigans" were behind the report.The campaign of one of Gansler's rivals for the Democratic nomination, Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown, released a statement in reaction to the article."All I know is what I read today in the Sun," said campaign manger Justin Schall. "This is something for the Attorney General to address and we'll have no other comment on the matter."A spokesman for Harford County Executive David Craig, a leading Republican candidate for governor, said Craig would have no comment.Matthew Crenson, professor emeritus of political science at the Johns Hopkins University, wondered "can things get any worse" for Gansler's campaign for governor. He said Gansler was still dealing with the effects of a Washington Post report that he had instructed his Maryland State Police drivers to speed and run red lights to get his to his destinations in time."He's just had one mistake after another," Crenson said. "I just can't believe people are going to put up with this."michael.dresser@baltsun.comCopyright: ___ (c)2013 The Baltimore Sun Visit The Baltimore Sun at .baltimoresun.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesself storage