It may be the outing of Hastert is the first shot from the Democrats in the 2016 election. What better way to distract the attention of the public from Hillary’s scandals and incompetence than to employ a drip drip strategy of exposing Republican sin and corruption over the next 17 months? Could it be that every few weeks we will see a sitting or former Republican official in local, state or national government indicted for a crime or conspiracy? Add a few outings of homosexual office holders or revelations of affairs by the press to brand the GOP as the party of corruption and vice.
Using the prosecutorial power of government, plus the power of a complicit media, to aggressively attack the opposing political party can be effective on many levels:
1). A parade of scandals over a year and a half may so disgust the GOP conservative base it stays at home.
2). Any independents considering voting GOP will have second thoughts about voting for a party that appears to be more corrupt than the Dems.
3). Officials fearing exposure will be more inclined to “compromise” on issues in hope of avoiding exposure.
4). It distracts the public from the real issues.
I expect we will see a string of criminal indictments and sex stories between now and Election Day. If this strategy causes enough of the GOP base to stay at home, we could see a Democrat president and Congress elected in 2016.