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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]
I understand the report did not blame her.  Who do YOU think is responsible for for preventing the "preventable" deaths in Benghazi?  FYI, my tone here isn't argumentative.  I am seriously asking.  I think the difference in views on how these "scandals" are predicted to impact or not impact Christie and Clinton is fascinating.  [/quote]

There are two different issues here:

1) Who is to blame for the deaths in Benghazi, or more accurately, who failed to take the preventative steps (the killers are responsible for the deaths)? Obviously, those preventative steps are not planned or decided at Clinton's level. [b]Four State Department officials who were responsible were removed from their posts.[/b] So, I think that answers that question.

2) What about the fallout? One thing the BENGHAZI enthusiasts fail to realize is that not everyone lives in their Fox News-dominated universe. The average person doesn't give a fig about BENGHAZI at this point. Particularly, Democratic-primary voters do not have it on their horizons and it will not factor into their voting decisions. The Christie scandals (at this point there are multiple of them), on the other hand, do directly impact that group of Republican voters most likely to support him. This makes an already difficult primary challenge even more difficult, if not insurmountable. The idea that there will ever be a BENGHAZI-Bridgegate battle during the general election is delusional.
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Yes, every administration needs its sacrificial lambs.  While these four employees may have been "removed from their posts," they remain government employees.  Let's make that clear.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/aug/20/kerry-lets-benghazi-linked-employees-back-job/?page=all
http://nypost.com/2012/12/26/benghazi-penalties-are-bogus/
I would agree that die-hard Democrats would support Hillary (or the Dem nominee), regardless of any factors.  However, to say the average person doesn't give a fig is another inaccuracy.  Maybe this is true in your world.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/24/poll-finds-strong-support-deeper-benghazi-probe/
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Yeah, go ahead and bank on that poll. Go look at Gallup's most important issues tracker and show me where it says BENGHAZI:

http://www.gallup.com/poll/1675/most-important-problem.aspx

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