All Purpose News and Politics Thread Part IV: The Center Cannot Hold

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Comey's public stupidity, coupled with remaining silent about Trump (if he spoke about both or was silent about both I think the effect would have been blunted)

Yep. After Comey's statement, her lead in the polls closed by 4 points. These are the states that she lost by less than 4%: Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Florida, Arizona, and North Carolina. Seems to me she was plenty electable before Comey made his statement!

Despite the fact that many Americans have a vitriolic reaction to her, I didn't consider her a bad candidate, though. Even though the population grows from Election to Election, candidates from both Parties only get more votes than the candidate in the previous Election about 50% of the time. She managed to get more votes than any candidate in history other than Obama in his first run for President. I think the barometer that many people use to say that she was a bad candidate consists of 1) She lost, and 2) I don't like her.