the toughest job in politics these days is defending hillary clinton, mocked brilliantly by the new york post as the <u+201c>deleter of the free world.<u+201d>









her beleaguered defenders, as they retreat behind the bunker door, are settling on a crude legal defense.









their mumbo jumbo chorus -- begins with the claim that she didn<u+2019>t break any laws by doing government business on her private email and ends with the insistence that everybody does it.









that<u+2019>s their story, and they are sticking to it <u+2014> until they are forced to find another one.









that will be soon because, while hillary<u+2019>s helpers may have a point about fuzzy laws, their argument is ultimately futile. she<u+2019>s not on trial and opponents don<u+2019>t have to meet a persnickety legal standard to win their case.









she<u+2019>s running for president <u+2014> and she must meet a less precise but more difficult standard. it<u+2019>s the test of integrity, and she<u+2019>s failed it often during her 30 years in public life.









to continue reading michael goodwin's column in the new york post, click here.









michael goodwin is a fox news contributor and new york post columnist.
the toughest job in american politics? defending hillary clinton
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