“Craigs participation in the Obama campaign may give rise to the kind of conflict of interest that has prevented more than one candidate to fail.”
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What does “prevented to fail” mean? I used to wonder if reporters had their story straight, now I wonder if they even know what they are trying to say.
It probably should read "conflict of interest that has caused more than one candidate to fail."