I spoke to a friend last night and now have an inkling as to why HRC can even be close. This friend had absolutely no idea about the FBI investigation or at least why Comey sent that letter to congress.
My explanation fell on deaf ears, my friend attributing all my comments to my 'right wing' bias. This person never watches anything except the nightly news or CNN. She rarely reads the papers. So her entire knowledge base comes from the people who want HRC to win. It was a fascinating, if frustrating, discussion.

Apparently the gender issue had relevance to this person as well. I honestly found it astounding. It is 2016 for heaven's sake. We've already had Golda Meir, Margaret Thatcher and Kim Campbell etc. and none of them had to run a Bimbo Eruption unit for their  husband in order to take a run at the big seat....sheesh...