If she is indicted after being nominated and wants to tough it out, the Democratic National Committee could still replace her. But by then, Hillary may have far bigger worries. After all, as Martha Stewart knows, not all “gated communities” and “big houses” are alike. (Incidentally, the U.S. attorney who prosecuted Stewart was Comey.)

Technology, arrogance and innate dishonesty will seal her fate. President Obama is a shrewd strategist, and he and the first lady detest Bill and Hillary. This animosity began when Bill accused Obama of being a race-based candidate who, “a few years ago … would have been getting us coffee.”

Ask yourself: Did Obama install Comey at the FBI to help ensure the nomination for his vice president? By not interceding, he can look good, legacy-wise, by allowing justice to run its course and be legitimately meted out.

Obama could take revenge on the Clintons while appearing to be above the fray and ensure that the wheels of justice properly turn. He’d also be credited with trying to salvage his party’s 2016 prospects by facilitating the replacement of a damaged nominee with a “clean” one who’d run a stronger race. Could any retiring president resist all that?

Hillary is acutely “feeling the Bern” these days, with heat coming not only from Bernie Sanders but now from the FBI. In a few weeks her chief concern could be: Do pant suits come in orange?

Todd Blodgett served on the White House staff of President Ronald Reagan and was a domestic policy advisers on the 1988 presidential campaign of George H.W. Bush. He also worked for the Republican National Committee and the FBI. He lives in Tyler, Texas, and in Clear Lake.

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