[VanDeKoik]

"This was a cuck/Romney/GOPe/nevertTrump hit from the get-go."

I think it was done in direct coordination, but the Bush-Romney's were to take the lead on the execution.

The hit was called in by Hillary because of the WikiLeaks drop as a panic move. This story was meant for Oct 31st.

No one would drop this on a Friday in the first week of October (in the middle of a major hurricane), leaving dozens of news cycles to bury it nor leave Trump with plenty of room, and tons of ammo, to counter-attack.

Hillary wanted a hail-Mary distraction more than a kill-shot. She knows that no one will be swayed in terms of votes one way or the other. It's just to make noise and distract. This will illustrate what they were going for.

[JediJones]

The distracting fits perfectly with Kaine’s strategy during the debate. Do anything stupid to deflect attention and cause distracting noise while someone has a sharp attack firing at Hillary.

[goldstategop]

I agree its “our” side.

Only the GOP establishment would be so stupid to release a potentially damaging video tape on a Friday.

Hillary would have seen to it the story came out Monday.

The establishment’s palace coup failed and they going to get blowback from an angry base.

A clumsy attempt to take out Trump that exposed the rats in the party for who they really are.