The Fatal Flaw in the Post-Mortem Analyses

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28. It doesn't matter how qualified a candidate is when they're shrouded in controversy

and can't get elected to put those qualifications to use. I agree with Anthony Weiner on many issues and appreciate his passion when he was in Congress but am I going to run Anthony Weiner for a house seat? No. His opponent would have a field day and the attacks would write themselves. The emails have been beaten to death but you have to admit it was horrible optics to have our nominee being investigated by the FBI DURING THE ELECTION. Did we really think the corporate media, in the business of getting viewers and making money, was going to cover her tax plan instead? She could have easily said "you know what, I messed up with the server. For the good of the party, let me go through with the process of being investigated. I won't run this year. And if everything works out and when I put this behind me, I can run at a later date." But she didn't and she put all of us at risk. She supplied the rope to hang herself with and our party spent the general election trying to fit a square peg into a round hole, trying to get an establishment candidate elected in a change election. And now her qualifications are working fabulously for her while she's sitting in her living room in Chappaqua, insulated from many of the horrible policies that the rest of us will have to deal with under a President Trump.