I wonder if any aspirant for the presidency except Hillary Clinton could survive [a book like "Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich"]. I suspect she can because the Clintons are unique in the annals of American politics: They are protected from charges of corruption by their reputation for corruption. It�s not news anymore. They�re like . . . Bonnie and Clyde go on a spree, hold up a bunch of banks, it causes a sensation, there�s a trial, and they�re acquitted. They walk out of the courthouse, get in a car, rob a bank, get hauled in, complain they�re being picked on��Why are you always following us?��and again, not guilty. They rob the next bank and no one cares. �That�s just Bonnie and Clyde doing what Bonnie and Clyde do. No one else cares, why should I?�My theory is that Hillary Clinton is only getting away with it now. The evidence against her should utterly destroy her, but not yet. The stars are aligned in her favor now, but the alignment will end some time in 2016.
Who is motivated to use this evidence now? Basically, no one.
Democrats still believe she will be their candidate, and they don't want to attack her. It might be useful to test her and allow her to topple early enough to open the field to other candidates. But who? That's a risky strategy, and it takes nerve. The better approach seems to be to allow all the new things to get old and to hope people will forget or at least get bored enough to swallow the argument that the subject has already been fully discussed and only toxic weird people still talk about it.
Why should Republicans attack? They have great material, but if they use it now, they might end up with someone else whom they'd have to find ways to demolish. Save it. Hold it in reserve. Wait until the Democrats lock her in as the candidate, and then let loose with all the attacks you've had so long to meticulously prepare.
I say she's not getting away with it. Not in the end.
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