Jeff Smith: Weiner's Resignation was NOT Inevitable

No, Anthony Weiner's resignation wasn't inevitable.

A majority of general election voters polled in his district didn't want him to resign, and so he probably could've survived the primary, unless further damaging revelations came to light.

Was it "fair" that party leaders pushed him to resign? Depends what the definition of "fair" is. First, Weiner's trailblazing hurt him. Cheating? So passe. Cheating with best friend's wife (as an evangelical Christian pol)? Cheating with hookers (as an...