State Department comments on the response to the Issa letter on emails

[karynnj]

2. Do you seriously think this is about defending Issa?

The point is that it is not a good defense to simply say that Issa is a crook. He is, but the point is that this story -- in the NYT -- made it look like Clinton and the State Department stonewalled on answering a question on email. Needless to say, the question was BEFORE there were any questions on HRC's email - and the question and the story that she evaded the question are different in the light of the controversy over the scandal.

This is a post in the John Kerry group -- and as such it is more concerned with the impact on the State Department and especially Secretary Kerry and President Obama than the impact on HRC. However, just as Obama doing better is good for Clinton, anything Clinton did while secretary reflects on Obama.