H*ll no! Come was most assuredly not beloved by Democrats simply because he acknowledged there was nothing "criminal" or corrupt in this wholly overblown, nothing-burger email thing. It was the very least he could have done. But then he injected his own personal opinion by blabbing on about Clinton's "extreme carelessness". His responsibility here was to determine wether there was anything to justify charges. There wasn't...end of issue. Instead, he holds a press conference when he should have just kept his trap shut. 

My opinion of Comey didn't change from this summer to now. He actions in this whole sordid affaire are reprehensible. He's always been a conservative partisan whose blatantly trying to use the awesome power of the FBI to influence the election. Like the guy he is trying to help into the white house, Comey is wholly unfit to hold office.