Yet again, email has proven destructive to the career of woman in the hierarchy of the Democratic Party. Wikileaks has exposed thousands of emails that show Debbie Wasserman Schultz (DWS), the DNC chairwoman, was indeed steering the nomination to Hillary and seeking to torpedo Bernie. Bernie's demands that she resign and support for her primary opponent were completely justified. His argument that the system was rigged is borne out by the evidence. The Democrats weren't running a primary campaign but a predetermined coronation. Doubtless, Bernie's supporters are going to be even harder to bring back into the fold. Many of them would be thrilled if he accepted Jill Stein's repeated offer to let him lead the Green Party ticket on the November ballot, perhaps garnering enough support to appear in the debates. The party has stabbed him in the back and perhaps bringing ruination upon them will teach them a lesson. With the barely Republican, and fellow New Yorker, Trump as the alternative to the Wall Street shill and carpetbag New Yorker Hillary, he might actually do it. Yes, it is still very unlikely. Strategically, it might not be a bad idea to stay in the race and make sure his voters don't break for Trump. Risky.
It is late in the day for DWS to resign. Her tenure as DNC Chair has been mostly a series of losses for her party and yet she has been the longest serving chair in decades. Her ties to Hillary Clinton have likely allowed her to remain as long as she has (her predecessor in the job is Tim Kaine, the newly announced VP candidate) but even that cannot save her from the latest email disaster on the eve of the Democratic Convention. The stars are aligning against Hillary with conspiracy-like precision.
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