Like the way you expressed her vulnerability in how she handles issues with example of with how she probably handled her role as "SOS." Look at what the State Department has done since she was in charge. The ME is in flames and while we can blame Bush for starting and continuing this...all hell has broken out since she was in charge of State. The Bush "hold overs" like Victoria Nuland and others should have been shown the door and seasoned people that Bush through out should have been brought back. Instead there are reports she spent much of her time at State being an Ambassador for Free Trade in her many trips to other countries supposedly talking up Freedom and Democracy while her eye wasn't on what was going on in critical areas of the MENA. Maybe the MIC has such total control that the State Department has no voice or power...but, that shows that something is terribly wrong in DC and we need quick reform.
Foreign Policy management has been terrible under this State Department as things have rocketed out of control in ME and we are now going to elect another "War President" since we have ongoing, unending Military Actions from ME to Africa and now a new cold war with Russia. This is under Democratic Control...and we are now as culpable as the Republicans for starting and continuing actions of Regime Change which have been a disaster. The Repubs will be worse if elected....but, how can we look at Hillary to appoint Cabinet Members and State Department Personnel that are any different from Obama's choices? And, HER choices if different could possibly be worse if she is not a competent manager, used to allowing others to handle things for her and she takes "unnecessary risks" which has been her pattern.
As you said:
I'm not so concerned with the facts about the email issue itself, I'm concerned with the manner in which Hillary handles the media's perception of this issue. What Hillary does with her little email troubles speaks to her effectiveness as a campaigner, which, we are often told, is one of her strengths. . Her competency and her diplomatic skills are her major selling points. If she's viewed as someone who takes unnecessary risks with matters affecting our national security, she's toast.
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