I do hesitate to dismiss him out of hand, but to call it poorly timed and misdirected is--! He served his cause poorly by handing Mr Petrelli such a simple victory. The only injured party was, I fear, his damaged credibility.

( nathan petrelli is a politician; so is princess nuala, as her assessment of that embarrassingly public outburst indicates. presumably not news to charles, of coure. )

But perhaps I underestimate Mr Petrelli's detractors. Or overestimate them.