{"id":54319,"date":"2016-10-31T20:44:20","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T00:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=54319"},"modified":"2016-10-31T20:44:20","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T00:44:20","slug":"dam-of-clinton-support-ready-to-break-key-democratic-strategist-wont-vote-for-hillary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=54319","title":{"rendered":"Dam of Clinton support ready to break!  Key Democratic Strategist won&#8217;t vote for Hillary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Doug Schoen: Reassessing my support for Hillary Clinton<\/h1>\n<h3>FBI reopening Clinton email investigation<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-free-html field-type-text-long field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<div id=\"ndn-widget-embed-1\" class=\"ndn_embed ndn_embedContainer ndn-widget-embed-1 ndn_widget_VideoPlayer-Single ndn_embedded\" data-config-widget-id=\"1\" data-config-type=\"VideoPlayer\/Single\" data-config-tracking-group=\"91690\" data-config-playlist-id=\"13434\" data-config-video-id=\"31572094\" data-config-site-section=\"thehill2300_nws_pol_sec\">\n<div class=\"ndn_floatContainer ndn_floatContainer_disabled\">\n<div id=\"inform-viewer-container-0\" class=\"ndn_playerContainer ndn_floatContainer_contents\">\n<div class=\"inform-viewer-module-inform inform-viewer-module ndn_videoPlayer ndn_videoPlayer_largeView ndn_videoPlayer_view1198 ndn_videoPlayer_view1022 ndn_videoPlayer_view999 ndn_videoPlayer_view849 ndn_videoPlayer_view784 ndn_videoPlayer_view766 ndn_videoPlayer_view702\">\n<div class=\"ndn_infoOverlayContainer ndn_playerOverlay\">\n<div class=\"ndn_videoInfo\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ndn_videoProviderLogo\" src=\"http:\/\/assets.newsinc.com\/thehill_75x27.png?t=1477661940\" \/><br \/>\nTheHill.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I made one of the most difficult decisions of my life \u2014 not just political, but also personal \u2014 last night.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">During my weekly show on the \u201cFox Report\u201d hosted by Harris Faulkner with Pat Caddell and John LeBoutillier, I indicated that it will be very difficult, if not impossible, for me to vote for <span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\"><a class=\"rollover-people-link\" href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/hillary-clinton\" data-nid=\"188224\">Hillary Clinton<\/a><\/span> on November 8.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Why did I say this?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Not for any small reason.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">FBI Director James Comey\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/ballot-box\/presidential-races\/303531-email-trove-throws-final-week-of-campaign-into-chaos\" target=\"_blank\">decision to make public<\/a> the fact that more emails potentially pertinent to the Clinton probe had been found on Anthony Weiner\u2019s computer changes the impact of this election on the future of the country.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I say this because regardless of what Secretary Clinton did or didn\u2019t do or what her aide, Huma Abedin, did or didn\u2019t do or even what Anthony Weiner did or didn\u2019t do, I am now convinced that we will be facing the very real possibility of a constitutional crisis with many dimensions and deleterious consequences should Secretary Clinton win the election.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In the best case scenario, there will be at the very least a criminal investigation of President-elect Clinton. And there will be a criminal investigation of Huma Abedin, which is apparently ongoing. Furthermore, there will be potential investigations into the actions of the Justice Department and most of all the FBI and its director, James Comey.<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FEekVr6E2sE\" width=\"645\" height=\"363\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">After the past eight years wherein America has become progressively more and more divided and a campaign season that has magnified these divisions, I fear for that we will not be able to withstand this kind of continued scandal.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Let me contextualize this point a bit more as the term \u201cWatergate\u201d gets thrown around alot these days.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\"><a class=\"rollover-people-link\" href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/donald-trump\" data-nid=\"261287\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/span> likes to say that the Clinton email scandal is worse than Watergate. I remember Watergate very well.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Longtime Clinton supporter Doug Schoen withdraws his support, says if she is elected there will be a constitutional crisis (via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FoxReport?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FoxReport<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K8xXCP6hBR\">pic.twitter.com\/K8xXCP6hBR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FOX &amp; friends (@foxandfriends) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foxandfriends\/status\/793031031246815232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>What troubled me most, other than the crimes committed, was that the United States was paralyzed and unable to act. President Nixon and the government were rendered impotent, unable to govern and meet its responsibilities to the American public.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I worry that the same thing could happen after a victory by Secretary Clinton and could carry on into her term of office. There will be no goodwill or honeymoon period for Clinton. Her first 100-days agenda will take a backseat to partisan divisions and polarization with little chance of constructive legislative action occurring.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We have seen that a hyper-partisan, gridlocked Washington is bad for the country. There is no reason to believe that Clinton\u2019s tenure will be anything but more of the same in this way and, most likely, a lot worse.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Further, Russian President Vladimir Putin said (tongue-in-cheek) that we are not a banana republic.\u200e I greatly fear we could become one if Secretary Clinton is elected president. Our national security will continue to be jeopardized by ongoing investigations by the FBI, and potentially the Justice Department and Congress, putting us at immediate risk of more assertive actions in Europe, Middle East and Asia by the Russians and Chinese.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Moreover, we simply cannot face a situation where the president elect may need or want a pardon from the president to govern. Or worse yet, need to pardon herself after she takes office.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">As of now, I have no confidence that either of those questions will be answered by Election Day or that we will have full clarity on an investigation into what could be as many as 650,000 emails that found their way to Weiner and Abedin\u2019s computer.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">However, in good conscience, and as a Democrat, I am actively doubting whether I can vote for the Secretary of State. I also want to make clear that I cannot vote for Donald Trump as his world view and mine are very different.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I remain a Democrat and proud of the work I did for six years for President <span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\"><a class=\"rollover-people-link\" href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/bill-clinton\" data-nid=\"188333\">Bill Clinton<\/a><\/span> between 1994 and 2000 and I write with extreme sadness. But I cannot in the waning days of the election make the case that Secretary Clinton should be elected.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I still share her worldview and am much closer to her approach to policies than I am to Donald Trump. That said, with America facing a potential constitutional crisis after her election, I am not able, under the circumstances we are now facing, to vote for Secretary Clinton.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>Douglas E. Schoen served as a pollster for President Bill Clinton. A longtime political consultant and pollster, he is also a Fox News contributor and the author of 11 books. His latest book is Putin&#8217;s Master Plan: To Destroy Europe, Divide NATO, and Restore Russian Power and Global <\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/pundits-blog\/presidential-campaign\/303542-doug-schoen-reassessing-my-support-for-hillary\">http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/pundits-blog\/presidential-campaign\/303542-doug-schoen-reassessing-my-support-for-hillary<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doug Schoen: Reassessing my support for Hillary Clinton FBI reopening Clinton email investigation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}