2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumUH OH--BERNIE DROPS LAWSUIT at long last! Wrapping it up/Friday night news dump!!
http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/29/politics/bernie-sanders-dnc-lawsuit-voter-database/index.htmlSanders campaign drops lawsuit against DNC over voter database breach
By Eugene Scott, CNN
Updated 7:32 PM ET, Fri April 29, 2016
The lawsuit came after a Sanders staffer exploited a software error to improperly access confidential voter information collected by Hillary Clinton's team. The DNC database is a goldmine of information about voters and being blocked from it threatened to complicate Sanders' outreach efforts just weeks before the Iowa caucuses. The incident also fueled a long-held belief in the Sanders camp and among his allies that the DNC was stacking the deck in favor of Clinton.
A DNC investigation, the results of which were also released Friday, concluded that the wrongdoing did not go beyond the four Sanders staffers who accessed the database and were fired soon after the incident came to light.
....The Sanders team ran multiple searches in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, South Carolina and about 10 March states, including Florida and Colorado, after it noticed the error. One of the data sets it accessed was a Clinton spreadsheet that ranked voters' enthusiasm -- a potential opportunity for Sanders' campaign to target voters who were hesitant to support the former secretary of state.
We're in crossing T/dotting I territory....!!!
Skwmom
(12,685 posts)SFnomad
(3,473 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)La Lioness Priyanka
(53,866 posts)silvershadow
(10,336 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)...it puts heat on Clinton?????
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)sheshe2
(83,925 posts)Logical
(22,457 posts)ucrdem
(15,512 posts)It must have really been embarrassing to get caught red-handed. Unfortunate business all around. In fact it might have been the kiss of death even though Sanders had a rather suspicious surge of luck in the weeks directly after the breech.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)NWCorona
(8,541 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)He's wrapping up loose ends.
It's all over but the sobbing.
Logical
(22,457 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)Logical
(22,457 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)JTFrog
(14,274 posts)Since you've got nothing but nasty snark these days.
morningfog
(18,115 posts)Reaching the terms.
Skwmom
(12,685 posts)R B Garr
(16,982 posts)He obviously raises a bunch of money from these phony gimmicks.
MADem
(135,425 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)bkkyosemite
(5,792 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)it is and that he'd wait so long to shut that thing down without ever getting what he wanted. All that foot stomping! All that huffing and puffing...and of course, the WHINING!!!
But hey, when you're shutting down your campaign, you've got to unload all these pesky, superfluous, invented issues; he's closing up shop!
floppyboo
(2,461 posts)He felt the NY election fraud was more important, and evidence in fire-wall break suit was needed. Just a thought...
MADem
(135,425 posts)divisive behavior under the rug...all the nastiness, all the meanness, all the "W" words, the "not qualified" stuff, and these silly accusations...he's got to make them go away before he closes the door for the last time and puts up the Going Out of Business sign.
Logical
(22,457 posts)sheshe2
(83,925 posts)The fact that Indes had idea they needed to register in a party? Hello?
floppyboo
(2,461 posts)It's this kind of mis-informed 'FIRE' assumptions that makes some Hill supporters look like low-or-MSM-informed voters.
floppyboo
(2,461 posts)sheshe2
(83,925 posts)FYI, BSers claim the Indies were not allowed to vote. Sad they had no clue they had to register. Sadly misinformed voters that whine when they are so unaware how the voting system works. That is on them.
floppyboo
(2,461 posts)continuing to point fingers at some supporters that feel disenfranchised. That's for another day and has nothing to do with my post on this thread. I'm talking about registered democrats - the ones that registered by early October. the ones that were informed. 40+ percent of whom voted for Sanders, and who knows how many others that didn't count. So, cut it out with disparaging independents. Its not good for Hillary
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)Comedy gold.