Podesta accuses Comey for losing them the election. Who is to blame?

[PeteB]

Difficult to say.

Comey's letters (including the second one, tailor made to the conspiracy theorists) had a decidedly negative effect on the voters.

Podesta & Co. Should in retrospect have devoted more resources to softening and improving her image as opposed to trashing Trump.

The administration also had a big role.  Why Obama and Lynch ever got into a situation, where Comey calls the shots is beyond me. Bill Clinton certainly didn't help with that airport meeting.

But ultimately all this would not have had an effect if Clinton herself did not have so many negatives. I do think that she is a good person but losing to someone like Trump must be viewed as a major candidate failure.