The latest statement from FBI Director James Comey could turn out to be a political dud; it may be that everyone bothered by Hillary Clinton’s private e-mail server, dishonesty, and penchant for scandal is already voting against her. Or it may be that the decisions of the small amount of undecided voters are driven by whoever they distrust and dislike the most on Election Day, and this reminds them why they don’t like her and her whole shady, favor-trading, law-ignoring, congenitally-lying loyalist band.

Baseball player Lefty Gomez famously said, “I’d rather be lucky than good.” Donald Trump may or may not be a good candidate – you know my answer on that question – but he may be one of the luckiest presidential candidates in recent memory, certainly the luckiest Republican one. George H.W. Bush and Bob Dole took on the Clintons and didn’t get any last-minute revelations from law enforcement. George W. Bush didn’t get any late revelations about Al Gore’s longtime fundraiser being convicted on five felony counts of using straw donors and making false statements to the government. The sudden appearance of Osama bin Laden on videotape helped George W. Bush in 2004, but no one mailed Teresa Heinz Kerry’s tax returns to the New York Times. (She disclosed part of one year’s return in October.) No last-minute revelations about Barack Obama came forth in 2008 or 2012.

But now, less than two weeks before Election Day, Trump can cite the FBI Director and declare that the Bureau is reviewing new e-mails “pertinent to the investigation” to see if they contain classified information – and that his rival is being investigated by the FBI. It’s a rare gift.