The real issue is the
fishing expedition the GOP would like the MSM to provoke in order to inflict combined Clinton damage since the server in question was one used by Bill originally, secured by the Secret Service and subsequently used by Hillary. Recent GOP fishing expeditions range from
Benghazi to the
IRS.
"No one wants their personal emails made public, and I think most people understand that and respect that privacy," Clinton said.
Clinton could be so confident because the email controversy, at least for now, is having little impact on her electoral prospects. Democrats remain firmly behind Clinton as the party's choice to be its nominee in 2016. There are no signs that strong alternatives to Clinton, particularly Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, are changing their minds and deciding to enter the race. And none of the Democratic elected officials, donors and campaign operatives who have already endorsed Clinton or joined her staff are backing away from her in light of these revelations.(A recent NBC/WSJ poll found a whopping 86 percent of Democratic primary voters saying they could see themselves supporting her.)
"I thought she answered the questions, people asked her questions, she did not break any law," Feinstein said Tuesday, after Clinton's press conference. "I don't know what else she can do."
Even former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley and former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb, two of the Democrats who are running against Clinton, have avoided attacking her over the email controversy.
"The Draft Warren movement is less concerned with the frenzy surrounding Secretary Clinton's emails than we are with standing up, on behalf of millions of working families, to those who are rigging the system in favor of the rich and powerful," said Erica Sagrans, who is running a group that is urging Warren to run.
"I did not have sexual relations with that server, but I did leave a tip"