TDB: Trump’s Campaign Conceded in a Memo That Comey Was Having Major Impact

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-campaign-conceded-in-a-memo-that-comey-was-having-major-impact

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Seems like Trump is experiencing a version of his own scorched earth strategy

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Of course it had an impact. She was well on her way to an Obama 2008-type landslide before that memo.

There are a lot of people who still deny it had a sizable impact, and some liberals as well who just see it as Clinton trying to blame her loss on anyone or anything but herself (which, tbf, she deserves some blame but it doesn't make Comey any less relevant). I just wanted to point out that both campaigns and other analysts agree that Comey did have an noticeable impact. For anyone who was closely following the election, it should have been obvious. I've never seen Politico's front page listings go from mixed news to literally 100% Clinton email stories within 24 hours. Every single link was something about the email scandal. They never did this for any scandal, not even Trump's Access Hollywood tape. This kind of beating in the media carried on for a while before election day.

I really wish Clinton had just retired - she had way too much baggage, particularly with the email stuff, but I do believe the last-minute Comey letter(s) shifted the election to Trump. Otherwise, Hillary was on her way to winning, probably by a pretty comfortable popular vote margin. Such a win would have probably flipped the Senate and maybe 6 - 8 more House seats as well.

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I mean, October Surprises suck, but Democrats don't seem to mind them when they illegally leak tapes like the 47% Romney tape or the Access Hollywood tape. It's unfair to complain about Comey's letter while having no problem with the Access Hollywood tape and sexual assault accusers all lined up to attack Trump afterward.

My issue with Comey has always been that he was the FBI Director, and holding press conferences or sending letters to House committees about investigation updates like that are not standard practice. He was under no obligation to do any of that, and in fact iirc his actions diverged from dept. policy.

He should have known better, and another sad result is that it probably means less bipartisanship when it comes to staffing the executive administration, as neither party is going to want to put a supporter of the other party into positions of power. Although, to be fair, I'd never have supported Comey anyway. I'd like for it not to be an issue, but I don't trust the Republican Party - particularly after this election.