The story is appearing tonight in a host of media outlets: the Hillary Clinton campaign is accused of "infiltrating" paid staffers from out of state into the Iowa caucuses. The story identifies the source of the concern as the Sanders' campaign and it gives the reasons for the concern. It would be the ultimate dirty trick (not to mention illegal) to import paid staffers from other states to come to the caucuses in Iowa to help up the total votes for Hillary.
Here's the problem: if the story were about any candidate other than Hillary, it would be laughed off, given the sparse evidence of misconduct. This story, however, is about Hillary Clinton, the candidate who seems incapable of telling the truth and who is the subject of an ongoing major criminal investigation by the FBI. No one with any sense believes anything she says or does. For Hillary Clinton, the idea of trying to import paid staffers to pack the caucus sites actually seems plausible.
Here's the problem: if the story were about any candidate other than Hillary, it would be laughed off, given the sparse evidence of misconduct. This story, however, is about Hillary Clinton, the candidate who seems incapable of telling the truth and who is the subject of an ongoing major criminal investigation by the FBI. No one with any sense believes anything she says or does. For Hillary Clinton, the idea of trying to import paid staffers to pack the caucus sites actually seems plausible.
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