Please, everyone. Avoid panic.

[MineralMan]

As more information about Comey's rule-breaking news release is made known, the apparent damage it caused to Clinton will abate.

Further, there is likely to be a release of information that is damaging to Trump early this week. There's little question that the Clinton campaign has negative information ready to release. Opposition research has been going on for some time, and there's no doubt that all of the negative stuff about Trump has not been revealed so far.

Early voting continues, and millions of early votes are already in. By November 8, the picture of the race may well look very different than it does this weekend.

GOTV! That's how to minimize the impact of Comey's ill-considered and fact-free revelation.

[napkinz]

1. Never-Trump Republican Rick Wilson said the same ...

[font size="3"]Rick Wilson[/font]
‏@TheRickWilson
[font size="4"]We're not even close to the final surprise.[/font]

Brian Stelter @brianstelter
Be honest, who thought the final "October surprise" would come from James Comey?

see https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/792210310572732416

[LisaL]

6. Well he better release that final surprise soon.

Or it will be after the election.

[onehandle]

2. The only lasting negative result of this will be that Comey's career is over. nt

[Coyotl]

3. The Republicans are in a panic, desperate, know they are losing by near 10 points. #GropedByTrump

That's why they had to pull this rabbit out of the hate, and even this is a nothing burger redux.

Meanwhile, Miss Finland is being ignored. She deserves better.

OccupyBergenNJ ‏@occupybergennj Oct 27
Number Of Accusers Grows To 12, As Former Miss Finland Accuses Trump of Sexual Assault -
http://www.politicususa.com/2016/10/27/finland-accuses-donald-trump-sexual-assault-groped.html … #GropedByTrump #MissFinland

[In_The_Wind]

4. O.M.G. ... kicking for visibility

[Adrahil]

7. But ... but... EMAILS!!!!

It's like the usual media talking heads are hypnotized.

[DFW]

11. Well, you gotta understand

Benghazi flopped, so it's any port in a storm.

[lapucelle]

31. I heard an interesting comment from David Brock

today. He said that with Hillary we've heard one thing a thousand times and with Trump we've heard a thousand things one time.

[DFW]

41. He's not wrong. n/t

[ChairmanAgnostic]

27. I heard Ben Ghazi sent a couple!

But honestly, two really stupid (and unnecessary) events have made things worse.

Bill Clinton stopping the plane and talking to Justice. What the HELL was he thinking?
Anthony Weiner. Not so much any one act, just him in general.

The only redeeming factor is he only writes about groping. Trump actually gropes.

[Dem2]

5. Good post

Crap like this happens every cycle, getting riled up to the point where you feel the need to scream your fears out to everybody is normal, refraining from doing so and instead refocusing on something positive is better for the overall mood here. People come here as a refuge from the MSM rambling so it helps to keep the negativity to a minimum if possible.

[RKP5637]

8. If so, isn't it getting a little late to release information, many have already voted and more are

voting now.

[Garrett78]

36. At most, 20% of the electorate has voted.

And the early voters aren't the folks we need to be concerned with. They were determined to vote the way they voted no matter what. We need to be concerned with the people who are considering a 3rd party vote or not voting at all.

[RKP5637]

38. I really had no idea it was that low! Thanks!!! n/t

[guillaumeb]

9. Agreed and recommended.

The email issue has been a constant for months. This variant of the email issue, in my view, will be seen by most people as simply more of the same. The Trump supporters will still support Trump and nothing will change that. The same applies for those who have supported Clinton. No one on either side is under the illusion that they are voting for perfection.

[avebury]

10. I am gone way past pissed off.

The Republican Party is a clear and present danger to this country. They believe that only they should have 100% control of this country and if they can't get their way they are the party of perpetual tempertantrums. If they can't get their way they will burn this country to the ground without a second thought. They talk about voter fraud but it is the Republicans that continually pass laws to disenfranchise massive numbers of voters by trying to prevent them from voting. Yet the only evidence of voter fraud so far is a Trump supporter who voted twice. A Republican talks about an unknown number of absentee ballots being burned up in thd NC Republican Party HQ firebombing. WTF!

The Republican Party tries to act like Trump is an anomaly. What BS! Trump is the GOP. He has become the ugly personification of what they are all about.

And I am beyond angry at the MSM who are pretty much in bed with the Republican Party.


We live in the 21st Century and it is time to use 21st Century technology to bury the MSM and the Republican Party. With sites like Youtube, entities have the ability to create new channels. More and more people are cutting the cord to cable/satellite. MSM like MSNBC, Fox and CNN might find themselves in the same problem as the printed newspaper. More and more people are looking for alternative news sources.

[TrekLuver]

12. The MSM is NOT in bed with the Republican Party...

[yallerdawg]

15. Yes, they're in bed with ad revenue.

Which explains why a whacko television "celebrity" could be promoted (and not vetted) as a viable, qualified candidate!

Stay tuned for "Presidential Apprentice" - this week, Gary Busey explains the US Constitution to President Trump. "I'm president! I can't just lock her up?"

[TrekLuver]

16. Most of the coverage I've seen this whole Primary and Election has not been complimentary to Trump.

[world wide wally]

20. Trump rapes 13 year old. Trump insults women, handicapped, minorities, etc

But MORE shockingly... Hillary has mail!
Details after this message.

[luvmybluestate]

21. yet with barely a ground game he is still hanging in their. there is something seriously wrong with

rethugs...yrs of fox, rush, 700 club, home schools, christian madrasas, have led to the dumbing down of amerikkka to a level i have never seen before. so glad to be expat. when bush got elected, we made the decision that things were only going to get worse, so we made plans to retire outside the country. best decision we ever made

[TrekLuver]

33. Yes I know. I was certain that once his hate speeches were viewed by the good people of America

support for him would slowly recede. I'm shocked that that hasn't happened.

[yallerdawg]

40. America loves "the TV villain."

It's about viewership and advertising dollars.

Which candidates drive those numbers?

Why do we now have - created by the M$M - the two "most awful, reviled, despised candidates ever?"

[luvmybluestate]

19. k&r,u win the net of the day n/t

[Stonepounder]

13. I am not panicking, but I am so furious that I can barely contain myself!

For a top federal official to do something like this, knowing full well the uproar it would cause is so unconscionable as to be absolutely jaw-dropping! Obama needs to suspend his ass at the least and appoint a special prosecutor to investigate whether Comey is in violation of the Hatch Act and, if so, prosecute his ass right into a nice Club Fed!

[Texin]

17. Neither Obama nor Lynch can afford to do that.

Comey knew that before he pulled this stunt. I believe he hoped one of them would pull the trigger on his ass because it had the power to put the election in the bag for Trump as a result. He was actually daring one or the other to do it in my opinion, and I think he plans to resign anyway if not this week, before the election. He was making himself a martyr for the cause. This was no ass-cover maneuver. It was a partisan political hit job.

[Stonepounder]

23. Yeah, but Nov 9 is not that far away.

[CentralMass]

32. The assumption has to be then be that the Director of National Intelligence, John Crapper, and

President Obama, who Crapper reports to were informed about this. Unless Comey did an end run and reported right to congress.

[lapucelle]

34. Even if Comey retires, he can still be investigated for ethics violations.

Isn't it ironic that the sanctimonious tool who was so outraged about carelessness with emails had no problem committing this serious and possibly illegal breach of ethics?

[ebbie15644]

14. I'm more worried about down ballot

[Ellen Forradalom]

18. Who's panicking? I'm not panicking.

So close to the election, with early voting well underway, the impact will be minimal. People are already sick of hearing about her damned emails! This latest development is a nothing burger as far as I can see.

GOTV is critical no matter what happens. Agreed there!

[Johnny2X2X]

22. Give it a few days

By mid week we'll know the impact.

[NCTraveler]

37. +1 nt

[Helen Borg]

24. Good to know because...

Trump's chance of winning at 20%+ as 538 has been estimating is too high for my taste.

[oldtime dfl_er]

30. Me too

I need her above 80% or I can't sleep.

[napkinz]

25. K&R

[BlueCaliDem]

26. I'm not panicking. I'm INCENSED. This is just more public persecution of a woman who's last name is

Clinton and who has the unmitigated gall to run for president of this country.

[getagrip_already]

28. no panic...

Pissed off, yes.

Look, we "know" virtually nothing. "Sources" are leaking crap faster than it can be walked back. None of it is likely completely true.

The press is chowing down on it like a farm dog being thrown scraps.

[Gymbo]

29. Please everyone avoid panic?

Get mad and get even. Donate money, walk precincts, arm phone banks and give Hillary Clinton the congress she deserves. End the Republican never ending investigations for good. Nine days to go, 72 hours of work and deny Comey a future in American politics.

[Doctor Jack]

35. Pollsters are saying they aren't seeing any affect of the news at all

So any damage is probably almost nonexistent to begin with.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

39. I am stymied. Cannot figure out his motive.

It isn't that he was sworn to release any info. It appears he's willing to help Trump, yet how is that possible? He is virtually aiding Putin. He must know that. Does Putin have something on him?

[StevieM]

42. I am extremely panicked. I am also about to go GOTV right now. I am canvassing today.

But I will not pretend that James Comey's disgraceful actions don't scare me. The people have already bought into the fake email scandal. I see no reason why they cannot be further persuaded by more dishonesty by the GOP.

I am scared that Trump will win the election. I am even scared that neither candidate will reach 270 and Evan McMullen will be chosen by the House.

So I am going to go out and canvas and try to forget about this horrifying and immoral action that has been taken, at least for now.

[andym]

43. A little panic is good if it gets us more engaged in gotv. Nt.

[Rex]

44. lulz

[AmericanActivist]

45. More will be revealed. nm