He's helping us understand the scale of the election and why it is a big deal.
Comey's willingness to make aspects of the case public was a violation of Justice Department guidelines and "antithetical to the interests of justice, putting a thumb on the scale of this election and damaging our democracy," she wrote in an op-ed for the Washington Post co-written with Larry Thompson, a Deputy Attorney General under George W. Bush.
I'M TRYING to get my head around the sheer scale of these elections.
Facebook noted that on its Talk Meter scale, the quantity of election mentions in the US scored a 9.27, compared to 8.62 for the 2012 Super Bow, and 6.1 for the Giants' recently World Series win.
But in previous years the Taliban have held back from large-scale disruption of elections, partly because of pressure from their mentors in Pakistan, and partly, analysts say, so as not to alienate the people, who are their base of support.
Special interest groups have long tried (with some success) to tip the scales of political election results.
Republicans in particular argued the finding proved the IRS was trying to tip the scales of the election during the heat of the campaign.
It seems like John Tory still has it in the bag, but you never know what kind of combination of secret videotapes, celebrity endorsements, and drug scandals could still emerge to tip the scales of the election.
When early official results showed Ghani leading, Abdullah claimed a fraud on the scale of the 2009 election.
The Florida race is the first contest that approaches the scale of a general election fight, where retail campaigning is significantly overshadowed by advertising.
