The Post , too scrupulous to say whether Bauer had done anything wrong or even whether the perception that he might have done so would hurt him politically , found one political scientist who warned that Bauer could be fatally wounded , in political terms , by the dispute and another who said Bauer could help himself by saying , ' I wish I wouldn 't have put myself in this kind of situation , I 'm sorry and I apologize .
Bauer is clearly free of any guilt , blame or association .