It just dawned on me why HRC has stopped spending money.

[grasswire]

She can say anything she wants now.

She can do anything she wants.

She knows NOW what the FBI is going to do.

She already knows they are coming for her.

Why spend any more money? Why go into debt?

There's another whole game going on right now out of sight. A massive PR offensive is about to begin that pays only lip service to the election.

[BeyondGeography]

1. Ahfercryinoutloud

[JaneyVee]

58. Quick, grab the tin foil hats!

[insta8er]

97. You seem to have a lot of them handy. If it does not fit the narrative of the anointed one it must

be right wing, tinfoil hats, sexism, racism or some of other ism that you can contribute it to. Other then the fallacy that the candidate you support will this time be on your side instead of her paymasters.

[tonyt53]

2. WRONG on all counts

She knows she doesn't have to. She will win IN. She will win WV. She will win NJ. She will win KY. She will win CA. That is why. Oh, and the FBI isn't going to do anything of the sort.

[politicaljunkie41910]

107. Or she made strategic decisions earlier on and more cost effective group media buys in order to

take advantage of the economies of scale and negotiate more favorable terms such as, a cap on fees. She also probably had the luxury of having knowledgeable and competent personnel working on her team who had been part of a national campaign before and didn't have to rely on a former office manager who was now retired and running a comic book store who might take her to the cleaners.

[Trajan]

143. Haha. .. Money poorly spent ...

Tell David B. to eat shit ...

Click

[1StrongBlackMan]

3. Or ...

Last edited Fri Apr 29, 2016, 07:06 PM - Edit history (1)

She has made the calculation that she doesn't need to spend any more money to sew up the nomination ... and would rather spend the money on battling trump in California and NJ ... if needed..

Edited to reflect new knowledge: that primary money and G/E moneys are segmented.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

83. occam's razor is less preferable to insane conspiracy theories. nt

[Gothmog]

158. She has moved to the general election campaign with efforts in Colorado, Florida and Ohio

[mooseprime]

4. from your lips

to god's ears.

but wait--have we lost all confidence in our 2-tiered system of criminal justice?!

[Yurovsky]

12. If she's innocent, I want her exonerated. If not, I want her incarcerated...

The law SHOULD make no distinction based on wealth, power, or influence. I know that's often not the case, but it should be the goal of the American judicial system.

[grasswire]

20. absolutely

That is the goal. Follow the truth wherever it goes.

But she must already know which way this is going and what's ahead.

[pdsimdars]

73. The justice system has already made a distinction. . .

with anyone else they would have lost their security clearance and be under indictment already just for the things that have been made public so far. People have lost their careers for less.

[mooseprime]

80. um, ^^^^^this^^^^ nt

[PAMod]

141. Not everyone agrees

[link:http://lawnewz.com/high-profile/no-hillary-did-not-commit-a-crime-at-least-based-on-what-we-know-today/|

[840high]

106. +1 good post

[2banon]

148. Good Luck With that mon ami. Hastert just got 15 months for child molesting

yeah.. maybe I'm jaded, but with sentences like that in context of the crime, how in the hell can anyone not be?

[Yurovsky]

154. He probably will die in prison...

Kid touchers are targets ....

[randome]

16. "Desperate, clingy and self-destructive is no way to go through life, son."

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Everything is a satellite to some other thing.[/center][/font][hr]

[frylock]

5. Maybe they'll start soliciting donations for the Hillary Criminal Defense Fund.

[grasswire]

7. or just rename the Victory Fund.

Although I think I read that they have been dipping into that recently.

[grasswire]

10. In 2008, she made Obama beg his friends to pay her debts. nt

[Yurovsky]

17. I had forgotten about that...

Her greed is insatiable!

[frylock]

21. ..

[Skink]

78. The Hillary slush fund?

[NCTraveler]

6. Ur gud at figrin thinks owt. Nt

[libdem4life]

29. Senseless and banal.

It is a big word, so I've included the definition for you.

ba·nal
bəˈnäl,bəˈnal/
adjective
so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.
"songs with banal, repeated words"
synonyms: trite, hackneyed, clichéd, platitudinous, vapid, commonplace, ordinary, common, stock, conventional, stereotyped, overused, overdone, overworked, stale, worn out, timeworn, tired, threadbare, hoary, hack, unimaginative, humdrum, ho-hum, unoriginal, uninteresting, dull, uninvolving, trivial;

[NCTraveler]

33. I fully agree.

Didn't realize it deserved more.

[libdem4life]

37. At least the spelling has improved. That's a start. n/t

[NCTraveler]

43. That's because I'm addressing you. Nt

[libdem4life]

45. OK, thanks. n/t

[tirebiter]

8. She has to be allocating resources

to the swing states where she's dispatching personnel for the GE. Just sayin'

[StevieM]

71. Welcome to DU!!

Money for the primaries is separated from money for the general election.

I think Hillary is saving money for the final Super Tuesday, when she will have to spend a lot in New Jersey and California. Those are both expensive media markets.

[1StrongBlackMan]

84. Really? ...

Money for the primaries is separated from money for the general election.

I did not know that!

[Agnosticsherbet]

9. She knows she has won the votes of the Democratic Party

Sanders could win every primary, and she would still win the votes of the Democratic Party.

So she has moved into General Election mode.

Sanders, on the other hand, has told Campaign staff to find another job. Even he knows he has lost. He just won't say it.

[Andy823]

14. Yes, but he still keeps asking for more money! nt

[Agnosticsherbet]

22. He has very highly paid campaign staff that must get their paychecks.

Those he did not let go.
The real winners of Sanders Campaign is the Political Industrial Complex.

[Andy823]

129. Exactly. nt

[Andy823]

11. And Bernie on the other hand

Has, and continues, to spend like a drunken sailor, yet he has no chance to win. I guess as long as people are gullible enough to send him money, he might as well make a few million more, right?

[grasswire]

15. you sound kind of jealous about the enthusiasm of Bernie's campaign. nt

[randome]

19. There is enthusiasm and then there is self-destructive behavior. Two distinct things.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Everything is a satellite to some other thing.[/center][/font][hr]

[Yurovsky]

25. Hillary's "rallies" remind me of a mandatory time-share presentation...

You know, stay in our Florida resort for $100/night, just attend a 2-hour sales presentation ...

I went once and it was like we were being held hostage... Come to think of it, we were...

Those poor poor Hillary hostages ("mom said I had to go or she wouldn't buy me the new iPhone!&quot .... Maybe we should send a hostage negotiator to her "rallies"... ("Is there anyone here who is not here of their own free will?&quot

[mooseprime]

102. Point, game,

And match!

[CorkySt.Clair]

62. Bernie lost.

Why would anyone be jealous of that mook?

[BootinUp]

111. Let me know if you get an answer please. nt

[Turn CO Blue]

138. Mook is an absolutely UNACCEPTABLE term to use for Senator Bernie Sanders

who without a single doubt has served his constituents and state very well and earned heaps of warm admiration and praise from his colleagues, academics, voters and his millions and millions of worldwide supporters over the years.

He is not stupid and he is the very definition of competence.

In fact, I would bet real money that he has achieved far, far more in terms of friendships, honors, awards, accolades, article mentions, watched floor speeches and published pieces than any DUer I've ever read about on this board -- not to mention the sheer volume of passed sponsored legislation surpasses most in either House.

It is absolutely inconceivable to me how you would DARE to post something so OBTUSE AND PETTY.

WHAT THE HELL ARE *YOUR* BONAFIDES that you would call such an accomplished person a mook?

[CorkySt.Clair]

150. ...

Bernie lost.

[Ed Suspicious]

151. What a dickish post.

[Andy823]

128. Hardly

I just think asking for more money when he knows he can't win is kind of hypocritical. He knows many of his followers don't have much money, so why keep asking for more, more, more. He ha outspent Hillary 2 to 1, and hasn't much to show for it. I think he has the right to stay in as long as he wants, but why take money from those who really can't afford to keep on giving? If Hillary was in his position and doing the same thing, I am pretty sure YOU would be complaining.

If he is trying to help the poor, stop asking them for money.

[mythology]

134. Given that Clinton supporters were found to be more enthusiastic in polling and in voting,

why would a Clinton supporter be jealous of the enthusiasm of the Sanders campaign.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/3/28/1507300/-Gallup-Clinton-Supporters-More-Enthusiastic-Than-Sanders-Supporters

Awkward.

[bkkyosemite]

57. Then you are calling all of us supporters drunken sailors..hey dude or dudess I don't drink

[Andy823]

130. Neither do I

Where did I call his supporters drunken sailors.

[bkkyosemite]

146. If he is a drunken sailor and we are sending him (lots) of money then we must be drunk too.

[PADemD]

69. That's OK. Bernie can spend it all.

I don't want any of the money I've donated to end up paying for Hillary's primary.

[ismnotwasm]

13. .

[sufrommich]

18. She's most likely climbed the Empire State building and

is swatting at airplanes as we speak.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

85. ...

[HooptieWagon]

23. No, I just think she's run out of money.

California could be interesting, especially if we all dig down deep for another money Bomb for Bernie. Hillary can't match it, and she cant/wont do the retail politics like Bernie's rallies.

[tonyt53]

28. She doesn't have to in CA.

That state is full of minorities - you know, people Bernie does not know exist. Hell, Bernie outspent Hillary by $2 million in NY and he couldn't buy that election.

[HooptieWagon]

34. Yes, she does take the minority vote for granted.

Like her photo-op in Flint after which she disappeared.
Sanders hasn't given up on them.

[Lizzie Poppet]

51. "minorities - you know, people Bernie does not know exist"

Okay, now I know you're exactly what people suspect low-pot-count newbs of being...that was simply too idiotic a pronouncement to represent an honest mistake.

Bye, Felicia.

[byyiminy]

120. Seeing that Bernie did win the most diverse state in the Union.

Care to guess what it is?

[Dragonfli]

135. .

[BernieforPres2016]

24. Obama said emphatically and repeatedly that he never receives information on or interferes

with Justice Department or FBI investigations, that there is a strict Chinese Wall in this case and every other case.

He did not leave any wiggle room. I was encouraged to see it.

[IdaBriggs]

49. But he said it on FOX so by definition it is a Right Wing Smear Attack...

Grasswire pointed out he used the exact same language in October, even though he got smacked around by FBI and DOJ for talking about it, but that by going on FOX, he knew he was going to get asked....

[BernieforPres2016]

59. It gave me some hope Hillary will be indicted

I am disappointed by how much of a corporatist Obama is and how he gave the banksters a pass, but think he has much more personal integrity than either of the Clintons. I don't believe he would even consider associating with some of the characters post Presidency that Bill has hung out with.

[pdsimdars]

77. yea, he said he doesn't know the details and doesn't interfere WHILE HE IS interfering

He said she didn't do anything wrong in his understanding. . .
How you DON'T interfere is to say you are not going to comment on an ongoing investigation.
You've heard it before, and Obama did NOT do that.

[snot]

87. Um, actually,

given that the DoJ has failed to prosecute ANY banksters to speak of . . . yeah, I too would bet the DoJ won't treat Hillary any differently.

[pdsimdars]

92. I've heard people at the FBI will resign if they don't.

[Maru Kitteh]

155. I've heard if frogs could fly

they wouldn't bump their ass a hoppin.

[BernieforPres2016]

125. Hillary's alibi on the no bankers prosecuted was that the laws aren't specific enough

Of course, that means they still aren't.

I would be surprised at an FBI indictment of Hillary but Obama was more emphatic about not interfering than I suspected. If the FBI doesn't indict, I expect some leaks from disgruntled FBI employees and/or a resignation or two.

[Agschmid]

26. ....

Lol.

[Jackie Wilson Said]

27. Where is the sarcasm tag, otherwise if you actually believe this

[Waiting For Everyman]

30. I think you're right, and I read that she's broke.

But Bernie isn't.

[grasswire]

35. He has $17,000,000 in the bank.

Sez MSNBC.

[Waiting For Everyman]

39. That's a lot of name recognition.

And he does good ads.

I also heard he's doing a lot of registering voters at colleges in California, which should go very well.

Andrea Mitchell (I think it was) said today that HRC has abandoned Indiana, and doesn't expect to win it.

[winter is coming]

75. But I thought he spent like a drunken sailor?

Who's been watering the booze?

[pdsimdars]

81. Isn't that a stupid slur they make? He's spending.

You have one candidate with universal name recognition and one with zero. He HAS to spend money to get his name and message out there. DUH!

[alcibiades_mystery]

31. ROFL

Good God.

So embarrassing to see what's become of Sandersism. Or maybe this is the kind of bullshit it was all along.

[Land of Enchantment]

32. Have you seen this?

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/08/14/if-your-name-isnt-hillary-the-hammer-for-mishandling-secrets

Peter Van Buren can’t wait for the court-ordered release of Hillary Clinton’s work emails from 2011, a nearly ruinous year for him that resulted in a negotiated retirement from the State Department.

The foreign affairs arm of the federal government, then led by Clinton, had accused the longtime foreign service officer of mishandling classified information and unsuccessfully asked the Justice Department to prosecute him.

-snip-

Van Buren says his travails demonstrate a double standard at the State Department, which now defends Clinton’s use of a private email system that this week was revealed to contain highly classified top secret information.

At the same time Clinton, now the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, was using her private and apparently unsecure email system, Van Buren lost his security clearance and then his job as a result of what he views as false allegations of mishandling information that wasn't secret at all.

-snip-

“I cannot conceive any other person in government being able to do what she did without being punished,” he says. “Lots of people have lost their clearances, lost their jobs and in some cases lost their freedom and gone to jail” for allegedly being careless in protecting classified documents.

[libdem4life]

38. Sucks not to be a Clinton. n/t

[Unicorn]

42. However they were undeletable.

I hope she gets indicted. She earned it.

[grasswire]

98. there ya go

two tiers, or not?

[840high]

109. Clinton is soooo special - don't

you know.

[glinda]

145. pays to know where the skeletons are hidden

[obamanut2012]

36. lolololololololol

[NV Whino]

40. Yeah, probably not.

[Unicorn]

41. Don't underestimate that 3/4th of the people trying to get her

are NOT voting for Hillary. (50%Republicans, 25% Bernie supporters only 25% Hillary supporters(if that))

And, if you don't believe the primary results as I don't, very likely 4 out of 5 people investigating her etc., are not her supporters.

Those 4 out of 5 are FBI agents, cops, lawyers, judges, senators, etc. And, they are all politicized US voters.

The best she can get is 3 out of 4 against her but I do think it's 4 out of 5.

On her side, she's got her supporters(25% but due to election fraud that is probably too high) who don't care about corruption but won't make a dent in how many people are trying to get her to face justice, and she's got the ogliarchs who will try to pay people off.

[jwirr]

142. My guess is that the Oligarchs are not all that loyal to their

tools. When she is no longer of any use they will turn away.

[Vinca]

44. This isn't 2008, Grasswire.

There's no Obama campaign to bail her out and pay her bills.

[wyldwolf]

46. It just dawned on me why HRC has stopped spending money.

She done whupped Bernie Sander's ass and doesn't need to spend any more on the primary non-race.

[Unicorn]

50. Is she out of money again?

[wyldwolf]

74. Would matter

She doesn't need it until the general

[840high]

110. So that's why I keep

getting mail from her begging for money?

[wyldwolf]

117. Exactly!

[moriah]

153. Yep! She's raising funds for the General now.

Bernie, of course, hss the right to raise funds too. After all, Hillary did ask supporters to help her pay her 2008 campaign debt, and if there isn't any debt for Bernie I have no doubt he will give anything left to the Party, or find a way to transfer it to a PAC legally that supports the values his campaign has stood for. (Edit: Not sure if it could go to his next Senate race legally, but I'd be fine with it if it could.)

[IdaBriggs]

47. Link to her money stuff, please?

Should I be bouncing or scared?

[procon]

48. I see Bernie cutting staff and expenses, but not Hillary.

The news reports that the Hillary campaign now views Sanders as a greatly diminished threat and they aren't wasting money on ads against him, instead they are shifting to the General Election to concentrate on Trump. Maybe you're trying to conflate things like this:

In coming weeks, Mrs. Clinton will campaign in states with looming primaries, but she will also recharge and spend time in New York plotting a general-election strategy with advisers.

Or did you have a more specific linked source to validate your main assertion?

[CoffeeCat]

52. I think this is a possibility

The FBI recommending an indictment is a possibility. From everything that I have read (nothing on right-wing news sites) I think it's highly likely that the FBI will recommend to indict.

The timing certainly makes sense. In late March, the FBI announced that the bulk of their investigation was complete and all that was remaining were interviews with HRC's aids and with Clinton herself.

It's highly likely that the interviews with her aids have taken place. Once that happens, this is a game changer. The Clinton camp will fully understand the tone and tenor of the FBI investigation--as well as the direction in which the FBI is going. There's no more denial and pretending like this is right-wing bullshit, after the FBI interview your aids.

It's most likely that Clinton understands exactly what she's facing.

[silvershadow]

56. That could explain why she has been really really off her game lately. She looks sick

and weak. And she has lost her confidence. Remember the thread about the heavy clothing recently? I noticed instantly when the change in her confidence happened.

[Renew Deal]

53. Why are so many of Hillary's opponents so conspiracy minded?

[sufrommich]

65. Desperation and wishful thinking.nt

[SidDithers]

54. Because she has won the primary and doesn't need to spend anymore...

Sid

[nolabear]

55. Seriously? LOL!

Jesus, child...

[pdsimdars]

91. Man, it they didn't have that laughing smilie, Hillary supporters would have nothing at all to say

[nolabear]

115. Some things don't deserve actual words.

[JaneyVee]

60. Because shes up over 300 delegates?

Just a hunch.

[NastyRiffraff]

63. Hey how dare you bring up math?!

Bernie isn't subject to math. Or facts. Soooo boring!

[nolawarlock]

61. It just gets better and better ...

These theories are the gift that keeps on giving.

[Beacool]

64. This site is morphing into Free Republic.

That's the type of nonsense they post. I guess there are two groups of people who hope and wish for a Hillary indictment, Republicans and Sanders's supporters. Clear indication that she's winning.

[COLGATE4]

67. Absolutely right. With tendencies to go World Nut Daily.

[FSogol]

70. Morphed, not morphing.

[Codeine]

72. I'm starting to seriously despise some of these people.

All they've got are right wing lies and propaganda with the serial numbers filed off. It's goddamned pathetic.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

88. i think is even worse, because at least the freepers know that they are sharing right wing

conspiracies. we are doing it, but seem oblivious about it.

[DrDan]

66. lol

[pdsimdars]

93. That's deep Dr.

[Tarc]

68. /yawn

The reality is far less tinfoil-ish; she has won the nomination, and there's not a damn thing the Bernster can do in the rest of the states still to vote.

Kinda comes with the territory of an insurmountable lead.

[onenote]

76. I think you should go back to bed and wait for a new dawn

One where you are able see more clearly.

[Squinch]

79. No. She's trying to save up to buy that chemtrail she has her eyes on for her Illuminati

friends who, along with their area 51 alien friends, killed JFK.

Cause that's how she rolls, amirite?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

89. ..

[Squinch]

90. .

[La Lioness Priyanka]

82. omg. i worry for some people here.

[pdsimdars]

94. Well isn't that precious of you!

What I think is that you should do some actual research first.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

95. research and creative speculation are not the same thing. nt

[pdsimdars]

108. And that's why you should do some research instead of your speculation.

[Ferd Berfel]

86. Can she use political donations for this?

I"m sure the PAC's can spend all they want but what about campaign donations

[winter is coming]

96. Does she have any money to work with that isn't from a superPAC? n/t

[Ferd Berfel]

105. Good POint.

[okasha]

99. Stop buying your shit off the street, dude.

You don't know what's in it.

[pdsimdars]

100. An interesting perspective. . . I heard one guy saying that right now, all over the world

there are Marines in all of our embassies, who have sworn to die to protect the secret information on those computers in those embassies. And yet Hillary had emails containing the highest level of top secret on her unprotected server, outside of the protected, encrypted government server.

The Obama administration Inspector General and the Inspector General of the State Department both said there were the most highly classified emails on her server.

She has come out with many different stories and explanations that have all been shown to be false.

[grasswire]

119. yes, she outed a CIA asset.

And she traveled to Asia before there was any security at all on the server. Intel elites are positive that she was hacked by foreign ops while she was in Asia.

[dubyadiprecession]

101. Meanwhile BS is spending money that is doing him no good...

[senz]

121. He's doing it for us, the American people.

He has never been in it for himself.

I'm sure you find that incomprehensible. The "funny" part of it is, if he succeeds, people like you would benefit as well.

[Zynx]

103. Wow. You're nuts.

[NanceGreggs]

104. Sometimes there is only one appropriate response ...

... to an OP like this:

[tularetom]

112. I don't know if she'll be indicted but I do know this

If she isn't indicted, 9 out of 10 Americans will believe that the president intervened to prevent the indictment from taking place. At that point the damage is done, to Clinton as well as to Obama's reputation. Rightly or wrongly, she's going to be hounded by this episode, in addition to the trainloads of other baggage, until she disappears from public life. And she'll drag Obama down with her.

[grasswire]

118. yes, Obama is in a tough spot.

Chris Matthews has predicted the last couple of days that Obama will go all out heavy campaigning for her after the convention. I do not know how he can protect his reputation. Damned both ways, as you say.

[senz]

122. Sounds like something Chris Mattews would predict.

After all, it's not like he's biased toward Hillary or anything.

[grasswire]

124. yep

And Mrs. Matthews lost a $15 million dollar race.

[NBachers]

113. She has contacted the Martians to invade Earth now and enslave us all in Her name,

using her secret, home-based server.

[MineralMan]

114. LOL...

[senz]

116. I hope you're right, grasswire.

I hope it will be that easy to end the campaign of the worst Democratic candidate of my lifetime.

[me b zola]

123. It seems like the majority of her campaign was shadow work

Seems like she has done very few rallies open to the public. She didn't spend her time with union workers to get her endorsements, she got some big union bosses to support her behind closed doors~~Psst, if you belong to a union that backed Clinton and didn't bother to come and meet with you and listen to what you want, you may want to reconsider who you vote for to represent you in your union.

Bernie has had to actually campaign, and without the media coverage that Hillary has gotten. Hillary's camp brags about how she has "cultivated relationships over many years", which appears to mean that for as much behind the scenes horse trading that Hillary is done equals "experience" and "knowing how to get things done". No whiff about what she believes in, cares about, or is willing to fight for. But we do have her record. I know who and what she is by her record.

Yeah, it seems the majority of Hillary's campaign has been conducted in smoked filled rooms, and very little time has been given to even the appearance of a real campaign.

[senz]

131. Insightful and true.

She doesn't bother with the American people; she knows the corporate media will cover for her. Instead, she works private deals. I learned about another of those deals a few days ago. It's pretty amazing, if you haven't seen it yet:

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/04/01/how-hillary-clinton-bought-the-loyalty-of-33-state-democratic-parties/

[me b zola]

137. Right? This is her "campaign" summed up

Its all brokered, very little time/energy to even give the appearance of campaigning on a platform of beliefs. Little people? Forgetaboutit! Get the bosses and power brokers, that's all that she needs. Oh yea, and the power to drive her narrative through the media.

[senz]

140. Yes, you've summed it up quite well.

It is disgusting. If we had an honest media, it would have been analyzed for its anomalies by now.

[stonecutter357]

126. Most Admired Woman in World, Record 20th Time Gallup, December 2015.

[senz]

132. Celebrity, like the Kardashians

and just as meaningful.

[grasswire]

139. Most untrustworthy at 67 percent of America.

And her favorable/unfavorable is underwater by 20 points.

The weakest candidate, the most untrusted, the least favored.

Unable to draw crowds or generate excitement.

[Demsrule86]

144. so quit posting stuff about her that is negative...drop a line to your guy

Tell him to do the same. She is the nominee period.

[shireen]

127. seriously?

Why are you saying stuff like this? It is wild speculation. All you're doing is unnecessarily antagonizing Clinton supporters.

[cwydro]

133. Thank you.

You gave me my giggle for the night.

[BKH70041]

136. Pie.

Just stick with pie. And whoever isn't afraid to try to choke it down. May they RIP.

[Lil Missy]

147. She's still spending money - just not on competing with bernie.

There's no reason to spend where spending is unnecessary. She's winning and the fat lady is warming up.

[2banon]

149. maybe I'm sleepy or just dense, but I'm not following, dear friend.

[AgadorSparticus]

152. Jesus H. Christ. How can anyone believe this bullshit?

Apparently, it makes you feel better believing HRC will be indicted.

[VOX]

156. Dumbfounded at this horseflop.

Just GOP talking points up and down the line...

[Gothmog]

157. Waiting for a Clinton indictment? Don’t hold your breath

I am amused by the Sanders supporters and republicans praying for an indictment http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/waiting-clinton-indictment-dont-hold-your-breath

The fact remains, however, that such a scenario is pretty far-fetched. Politico’s Josh Gerstein took a closer look today at the legal circumstances, and the reasons Clinton’s foes shouldn’t hold their breaths.

The examination, which included cases spanning the past two decades, found some with parallels to Clinton’s use of a private server for her emails, but – in nearly all instances that were prosecuted – aggravating circumstances that don’t appear to be present in Clinton’s case.

The relatively few cases that drew prosecution almost always involved a deliberate intent to violate classification rules as well as some add-on element: An FBI agent who took home highly sensitive agency records while having an affair with a Chinese agent; a Boeing engineer who brought home 2000 classified documents and whose travel to Israel raised suspicions; a National Security Agency official who removed boxes of classified documents and also lied on a job application form.

Politico’s examination seems to have only been able to find one person who sincerely believes Clinton will face prosecution: former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R), who was a prosecutor and a Justice Department official before his partisan antics made him something of a clownish joke.

Among more objective observers, the idea of Clinton facing an indictment seems, at best, implausible. This is very much in line with a recent American Prospect examination, which reached the same conclusion.

TPM’s Josh Marshall published a related piece in February, after speaking to a variety of law professors and former federal prosecutors about the Clinton story. “To a person,” Josh wrote, they agreed the idea of a Clinton indictment is “very far-fetched.”