What HRC e-mail scandal comes down to, in one word: [View all]

[Flying Squirrel]

Arrogance.

It's why this issue will not die. It's about likability, a big factor in presidential elections (for better or worse).

Whether or not Hillary did something technically legal, she showed contempt for the normal order of things, for the idea that the office of Secretary of State was bigger and more important than she was, the idea that the country and the people's right to certain information was more important than her personal ambitions.

And so the Republicans will do their level best to keep investigations going. Yes, it sucks that the political enemies of the Clintons do what they do; but she had a part in this too.

Not that it matters much to me -- if you took away all the scandals, fake or otherwise, I'd still support Bernie over Hillary on policy.

But there are plenty of people who vote on a visceral, emotional, gut-level basis. This e-mail scandal speaks to them, and like it or not, it's something that must be taken into consideration when choosing our candidate.