2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Did Bernie's wife commit a felony when she secured a loan for Burlington College? [View all]Armstead
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If Democratic voters get incensed because the wife of a candidate was a bad administrator, and if that causes them to decide to vote for another primary candidate, then nothing can be done. If the activities of a spouse is so important (even to those who believe that women should have independent careers and identities) then that's the will of the people, and he'll lose.
And if it doesn't scuttle Sanders in the primary and he becomes the candidate -- and if voters say "Oh I have to vote for Jeb Bush (or Trump or whomever) because Sanders wife mismanaged a fund drive at a dinky little college" then this election will have been for naught.
But my hunch is 1) It won't be a major concern -- or even a minor one -- for most people, and 2)The Sanders campaign has already figured out how to handle it when it does come up.