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It's doubtful that by now there’s anyone in the U.S. with reading comprehension that hasn’t seen significant items regarding Anthony Weiner’s email trove of Clinton documents. And once again, it’s the backstory’s that provide the greatest insight into the potential effects of the case on the upcoming residential election. 

Tim Hains @realclearpolitics.com, headlined his column: “Bernstein: FBI Would Not Reopen Case Unless New Evidence Was "A Real Bombshell"

Mr. Hains was referring to Watergate journalist Carl Bernstein who said: “Well, there's no question that the e-mails have always been the greatest threat to her candidacy for 

president, that her conduct in regard to the e-mails is really indefensible and if there was going to be more information that came out, it was the one thing, as I said on the air last night, actually that could really perhaps affect this election.

“We don't know what this means yet except that it's a real bombshell. And it is unthinkable that the Director of the FBI would take this action lightly, that he would put this letter forth to the Congress of the United States saying there is more information out there about classified e-mails and call it to the attention of congress unless it was something requiring serious investigation. So that's where we are.

“Is it a certainty that we won't learn before the election? I'm not sure it's a certainty we won't learn before the election.”

What’s most important here, is that the analysis came from one of the most knowledgeable sources in the nation regarding how these situations work, considering how involved Carl Bernstein was in Watergate and the undoing of Richard Nixon.   

As far as the public’s concerned, voters appear to be paying close attention. Gary Langer reports @abcnews.go.com: “From a 50-38 percent Clinton lead over Donald Trump in the tracking poll’s first four days, Oct. 20-23, it’s a 47-45 percent contest in the latest results. The movement has been in Trump’s favor, +7, while the -3 in Clinton’s support is not significant, given the sample size.” 

Aside from the email issues, and problems still brewing at the Clinton Foundation, the horrendous Iran deal is back in the news once more. This time focusing on Attorney General Loretta Lynch. 

Adam Kredo writes @freebeacon.com: “Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) and Rep. Mike Pompeo (R., Kan.) initially presented Lynch in October with a series of questions about how the cash payment to Iran was approved and delivered. 

“In an Oct. 24 response, Assistant Attorney General Peter Kadzik responded on Lynch’s behalf, refusing to answer the questions and informing the lawmakers that they are barred from publicly disclosing any details about the cash payment, which was bound up in a ransom deal aimed at freeing several American hostages from Iran. 

“The response from the attorney general’s office is “unacceptable” and provides evidence that Lynch has chosen to “essentially plead the fifth and refuse to respond to inquiries regarding [her] role in providing cash to the world’s foremost state sponsor of terrorism,” Rubio and Pompeo wrote on Friday in a follow-up letter to Lynch, according to a copy obtained by the Free Beacon.

 

“One senior congressional source familiar with both the secret documents and the inquiry into them told the Free Beacon that the details of the negotiations are so damning that the administration’s best strategy is to ignore lawmakers’ requests for more information. 

“Every Obama administration official and department involved in the Iran Deal appear to be running for cover,” the source said. “Like we feared, the [Iran deal] is turning out to be a disaster and Iran is emboldened in its aggression. Evidently Attorney General Lynch and the Department of Justice have decided ‘refusal to cooperate’ is their best strategy. But this is dangerous and ultimately won’t protect them from anything.”

Therefore, in this situation, it doesn’t bode very well when a presidential candidate says, if elected, she plans to continue the same foreign policy’s of her predecessor whose Attorney General pleads the fifth like a cornered criminal.  

Beyond the obvious issues plaguing Democrats, there may be other underlying, considerations known to leading Republicans who’ve previously refused to endorse or support Trump. Because, these very same dissidents appear to be coming over to his side. Which more than likely means, that they now sense his appeal strengthening and don’t wish to be left by the wayside after his victory.   

    

In the last few days, Senators Mike Crapo of Idaho, John Thune of South Dakota, Deb Fischer of Nebraska and Utah’s Jason Chaffetz, along with South Carolina Governor, Nikki Haley, have all come over to Trump. 

Bringing us to today’s update on Bill Clinton’s wife which reinforces the importance of the new FBI email inquiry. 

This is another instance where the surrounding details are in their own way, as politically potent as the story itself. This one coming from Adam Goldman and Alan Rappeport @nytimes.com, an ordinarily staunchly supportive liberal source. 

The article’s headlined: "Emails in Anthony Weiner Inquiry Jolt Hillary Clinton's Campaign."

 

A paragraph reads: “The F.B.I.’s decision to reopen their criminal investigation into Hillary Clinton’s secret email server just 11 days before the election shows how serious this discovery must be,” said Reince Priebus, the Republican committee chairman, arguing that the Democratic nominee should be disqualified from seeking the presidency. “This stunning development raises serious questions about what records may not have been turned over and why, and whether they show intent to violate the law.” 

Thus, we have here a traditionally left-leaning outlet not only allowing for the possibility of wrongdoing of a favored candidate, but quoting a Republican notable in the process. All of which seems to provide the sense of unsureness on the Times part, particularly with election day so near at hand.  

Which leads right into the continuing question again: Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Jerry Brown, and Starbucks chairman and CEO, Howard Schultz, are you guys are reading this? 

That's it for today folks.   

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