Some analyst on The Today Show (I think!) summed it up pretty well...she took risks a man would take, and she paid the price a man would pay. I don't think she's being "scapegoated" at all, I think she took a risk that could have paid off, it didn't pay off, and now she's paying the price for a risk she knowingly took. Although I have to admit, most of us don't get $45 million paydays for risks we take that blow up in our face.