It's a Feature, Not a Bug

By failing to stoop to politics as usual, Sanders alerted the electorate to the novel nature of his candidacy. That's smart politics. Besides, the E-Mail so-called controversy reeks of desperation. No one cared about the far worse E-Mail scandals of the Bush Administration, and no one cares about Clinton's woes either. This campaign is about more important matters:

What Sanders should have done after he failed to pull off that double was to begin to incorporate Clinton’s email troubles into his stump speech — using the ongoing investigation to raise questions in Democratic voters’ minds about both her trustworthiness and her electability.

But, time and again, Sanders turned away from that strategy — or anything like it.