Democrats and the Clinton Train Wreck
How can something that is such a sure thing seem so shaky? That's the question that many supporters of Hillary Clinton are wondering this week as reports about her exclusive use of a private email account while serving as secretary of state prove to be the latest indication of her bad political judgment.
Though many Democrats insist that there's nothing to this story, others speaking off the record to journalist are less sanguine and admit that this is just the latest evidence that shows that her apparent coronation as Democratic presidential nominee is only partially obscuring her genuine shortcomings as a candidate.
Though Clinton's loyalists are bravely, if somewhat inadequately, defending her, the email story looks to have legs. The real question many in the part are asking today is whether the former First Lady's current troubles will be enough to tempt Senator Elizabeth Warren to jump into the 2016 presidential race.
Some Democrats are claiming that conservative critics complaining about Clinton's emails are hypocrites because various Republican governors have been hounded about some of their own emails. That's a fair point but only to a point. But none of those Republicans were in charge of U.S. foreign policy while their spouse was shaking down foreigners for contributions to their family foundation.
Even more to the point, it is important to play the substitution game. Imagine the reaction from Democrats if highly placed figures in a Republican administration were accused of doing far less than what Clinton has done when it comes to emails. Substitute the words Dick Cheney for Hillary Clinton and just imagine the same liberals telling us there's nothing to see and that this is mere Republican lunacy about Benghazi as their heads explode.
But actually we don't have to use our imaginations. We can just find the video of Hillary Clinton speaking in June 2007...Also read:
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