You won’t see anything about it in the mainstream media, but the power players of the Democratic Party realize they have a Hillary Problem.  She has repeatedly demonstrated an inability to shrug off the appearance of corruption the way her husband could.  The basic problem is her unlikability.  Joe Biden can get away with gaffes because he comes across as a nice person.  (So did Bill Cosby, for many years, but that’s a separate topic.)  She also has negative skills on the campaign trail, generating more trouble when she tries to address controversies.  Last night’s NBC poll shows continuing rapid decline in her standing with voters. The combination of her avarice (she and Bill reaped nearly a quarter-billion dollars in income after leaving the White House, while taking major tax deductions for charitable giving , 99% of which went to their own family foundations in recent years), the disastrous conduct of American foreign policy while...(Read Full Post)