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In reply to the discussion: Hillary's Email: How to deal with deleting selected items in a large amount of email. [View all]MineralMan
(146,317 posts)a few years ago. She made a choice that let her avoid dealing with that, except for classified materials, which are handled in a different way. Frankly, I don't see this as any sort of issue that is beyond nitpicking. People will have to judge her based on other things. She said she deleted personal emails and turned over all official ones. People will trust her or they will not, but the actual facts are not going to be revealed. It all comes down to whether people trust her enough to elect her to office. Nothing else is in play, really.
We'll see how that plays out, no doubt. I don't really pay a lot of attention to the presidential primary race, anyhow. It's not something I can influence, so I ignore it and focus on my own legislative districts, where I can have an influence. Come 2016, I'll be supporting whoever the candidate for President turns out to be. Frankly, I doubt that this email stuff will play much of a role in determining that. What will play a role is the appearance of an extremely strong primary candidate. So far, none has appeared. Will someone appear? I do not know. But nobody has stepped up yet who has any possibility of winning in the primaries, given the current polling. The email thing has not affected that polling in any material way, either.
People who are focused on the primaries need to find a candidate to support. Just being against a candidate accomplishes nothing in today's political environment. A primary opponent needs outstanding support from actual primary voters, along with superb name recognition and a well-established organization. When someone shows up who has all that, it will be a big news event. So far, though, there's nothing.