Doug’s been hanging on by the fingernails for a while, it appeared to me. He put on a brave face, but lately he didn’t seem as confident as in the past & on panel discussions, especially one of the last ones I saw, he was content to let the others talk & they weren’t being complimentary of Hilly.
I think Schoen’s defection hurts Hilly - I really do. He’s been a stalwart for her for a long, long time regardless of what she’d done. I think the 650,000 number on the emails was the last straw and more than he could ignore & I daresay it’s going to affect others that way, especially those on the fence as to who they will vote for. Dems are praying Hilly will get a sympathy vote (that awful FBI Director, Republicans who have been after Hilly for decades, the Russians & the VRWC), but I think the stench is so strong this time, that many will not be able to stand it long enough to pull a voting lever for her (or punch a card or touch a screen).
One of the ironies here is that Schoen worked for the Clinton campaign back in 2008. This means he must know damn well that the white, working-class Democrats who were the base of her support when she ran against Obama aren’t voting for her in 2016. In fact, they now serve as the base of Donald Trump’s support.
All e-mails are confidential until the moment you hit ‘send’ Then they are free for all the world to see. Somewhere out there in cyberspace they are stored or available to sophisticated and even in some cases unsophisticated readers. The shear volume of those damn things is what amazes me. Their content has to be mind boggling. I hope Hillary can find time to review them all between showers and exercise sessions at Leavenworth.