Washington Post: Clinton May Not Be Salvageable
[While most of us would disagree with the Wa-Po's assessment on Bernie, the assessment on Hillary is damning--that is if you take the Washington Post as the "go-to" publication in Washington DC. Their analysis of Hillary's campaign is the strongest statement to date (that I've seen) that in fact it may actually be "lights out" for her campaign. But then again, this appears to only be opinion and not based on any factual information. For the Wa-Po to slam Bernie, however, is SOP for a "white-wing" publication. The first sentence is a joke].
Democrats who think Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is simply a stronger-than-expected sparring partner for Hillary Clinton may be in for a rude awakening. While the Republicans have their hands full navigating toward an alternative to Donald Trump, at least they have people in the race capable of doing so. Clinton, however, may be a dead-woman-walking, leaving the Democratic Party in the untenable position of nominating a socialist whose foreign and domestic policies are antithetical to the great majority of Americans.
Clinton’s problems are threefold.
First and foremost, she has a serious legal problem, one that cannot be wished away by those indifferent to the facts. The FBI does not investigate and devote considerable resources for nothing. It does not lightly send a letter stating it is investigating a former high government official’s use of an unsecured email. And someone (whether in the FBI, the Justice Department or some other corner of the administration) does not without good reason leak a story as damaging as this latest Fox News report:
At least a dozen email accounts handled the “top secret” intelligence that was found on Hillary Clinton’s server and recently deemed too damaging for national security to release, a U.S. government official close to the review told Fox News.
The official said the accounts include not only Clinton’s but those of top aides – including Cheryl Mills, Huma Abedin, Jake Sullivan and Philippe Reines – as well as State Department Under Secretary for Management Patrick Kennedy and others.
A second source not authorized to speak on the record said the number of accounts involved could be as high as 30 and reflects how the intelligence was broadly shared, replied to, and copied to individuals using the unsecured server.
This sort of rampant mishandling of classified material cannot be swept under the rug, no matter how much Democrats want to believe this is some political fuss cooked up by Republicans. Whoever is leaking the information seems determined to make sure the FBI and/or the Justice Department cannot evade their obligations to move forward, as they would with any staff person who engaged in this behavior.
[Hillary Clinton, blind to her own greed, makes another blunder]
In speaking with law professors, former Justice Department lawyers, former Hill staffers who have learned the rules regarding classified material and former national security officials, I have yet to find a single one who believes Clinton’s legal risk is trivial. No, it is serious, and now so public that inaction becomes difficult for the FBI and the Justice Department.
The involvement of so many individuals raises the possibility, as any lawyer would know, that immunity will be granted in exchange for testimony, tightening the noose around Clinton. And that is just one of Clinton’s problems.
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The tracks up ahead are clear, there is nothing keeping Bernie from becoming the next President of the United States.
If she does, she is unaware of how most people think. Really, I am getting sick of reporters and editorial writers assuming that everyone else shares their aversion to Bernie Sanders. They are motivated by fear that the majority might actually elect someone who will represent their interests, and we can't have that now, can we?
