Answer:
inexperience & lack of preparation
Explanation:
Are you looking for an appropriate word to name this?
I think that a good name is "propaganda", especially when the information is of political relevance.
In the past (and to some extend present) some totalitarian or non-democratic states used propaganda to shape public opinion.
Jefferson was pretty unpopular by the end of his Presidency and had to live through his VP killing Alexander Hamilton.
So, Jefferson got the hint and bowed out.
