Maybe Hillary Clinton just isn’t a very good candidate

[JackHughes]

64. Hillary on the Ropes

It's not by accident that Hillary is on the ropes. It's the result of a sustained political attack -- aided by a credulous and easily manipulated press corps -- by what she accurately dubbed the "vast right-wing conspiracy" over twenty years ago.

When hyper-partisan Republicans' Whitewater investigation hit a dead end it simply morphed into the Lewinsky impeachment investigation. Similarly, the fruitless Benghazi investigations also became open-ended, an inquiry searching desperately for evidence of any wrong-doing by Hillary Clinton, even if it had to be manufactured with half-truths, distortions and, when necessary, outright lies.

Since Republicans struck-out on Benghazi after all their dishonest wailing and garment-rending, they suddenly changed the subject to her emails. Oh my, Clinton had a server in her BATHROOM! The Fox-watching goobers in the GOP base didn't seem to even notice the switcheroo.

After years of this type of sustained character assassination, yes, Hillary Clinton's "trustability" quotient has declined. That was the whole point of the huge investment in time, money and spin by the Republicans.

What's disappointing is how weak the Clinton campaign has been in responding. Where are her surrogates? All the campaign would have to say is that Secretary Clinton didn't want the Republicans sifting through her emails looking for dirt.

Nobody could doubt that sensible position.