The Atlantic: The Front-Runner's Fall

The Atlantic: The Front-Runner's Fall

An analysis of memos and emails from the Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign suggests that the protracted campaign may serve a useful purpose after all: "Clinton ran on the basis of managerial competence--on her capacity, as she liked to put it, to 'do the job from Day One.' In fact, she never behaved like a chief executive, and her own staff proved to be her Achilles' heel. What is clear from the internal documents is that Clinton's loss derived not from any specific decision she made but rather from the preponderance of the many she did not make. Her hesitancy and habit of avoiding hard choices exacted a price that eventually sank her chances at the presidency."