December 21, 2015

If the Clinton campaign stole strategic data from Sanders for Iowa and NH

what would the appropriate remedy be?

Would three people losing their jobs be enough?

December 18, 2015

4 Sanders staffers accessed Clinton data, 3 at the direction of Uretsky (national data director)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/dnc-sanders-campaign-improperly-accessed-clinton-voter-data/2015/12/17/a2e2e14e-a522-11e5-b53d-972e2751f433_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_sandersdnc-1155pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

Sanders spokesman Michael Briggs said four Sanders campaign staffers accessed Clinton data, and that three of them did so at the direction of their boss, Josh Uretsky, who was the operative fired.

This was NOT accidental. This was deliberate. They knew what they were doing.

December 18, 2015

My momma taught me that character is who you are in the dark when nobody is watching

The cognitive dissonance here is astounding. How apoplectic would Sanders supporters be if Hillary's campaign had been the one stealing data? Now they are making up all kinds of conspiracy theories about Clinton and the DNC? And they are angry that the DNC might even want to take action against the Sanders' campaign?

At work, I know that if I get some inadvertent computer access (even if the IT administrator screwed up) and use it to poke around files that I'm not supposed to look at, I get fired immediately and may even face criminal charges.

This is the National Data Director, not some low level staffers. He represents the campaign. It's extremely easy to tell from log files whether it was just "hey that isn't supposed to be here. let's take a look. whoa...let's get out of there immediately and tell the DNC" or "hey look what we found! let's look for their super-secret plan for xxx".

Cheating is wrong, no matter which side you are on. Just ask Tom Brady.

December 18, 2015

More about the system that Sanders' campaign "improperly accessed"

Watching the video now...

Conclusions:
- it seems clear "firewall" isn't a "network firewall", it's more a logical firewall.
- there are no files to access "accidentally". Access is controlled through the application.


Possibly somebody accessed a Campaign from the Clinton camp e.g. "Clinton's plan to win Iowa v3.5"

There is also API access using something like REST.

http://developers.democrats.org/


If this was the case THERE IS NO WAY they didn't know they were not supposed to access the information.

December 16, 2015

The only polls that matters is the primaries and caucuses

I don't see the point of arguing over online polls vs MSM polls.

If Bernie is crushing it among Democrats, it will show up as delegates.

December 16, 2015

If Sanders thinks he could have gotten a better climate change deal, where does the $100b/year come

from?

Once again, it's always about the money and the numbers (and reality) which Bernie (and by extension his supporters) seem quite happy to ignore.

If you don't know what I'm referring to, you probably shouldn't have an opinion on this deal.

December 15, 2015

Sanders finally finds his bully pulpit...in New York State

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/15/nyregion/bernie-sanders-urges-cuomo-to-raise-pay-for-cuny-professors.html?_r=0

Mr. Sanders, a candidate for the Democratic nomination, on Friday sent a letter to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo that called on him to provide funding for a new contract with raises.

This is solely a state issue.

Now, can somebody explain to me again why being a federal Senator prevented him from using his influence in Vermont to push for the implementation of single payer there? I thought that single payer was one of the major planks of his platform?

December 11, 2015

Are we seriously going to get a thread when some unknown endorses Sanders? We could fill the entire

front page with people (let alone unions) who have endorsed Clinton

December 11, 2015

Poll: fear of a terrorist attack is top-ranked concern by Americans

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/11/us/politics/fear-of-terrorism-lifts-donald-trump-in-new-york-times-cbs-poll.html

OK, since this is the top-ranked issue by the American people, Bernie supporters can no longer claim that economic/social justice is the most pressing concern.

I don't suppose we'll be getting a national security speech from Bernie anytime soon?

Given that this is the top-ranked concern of Americans, I hope that the next debate will spend the most time on this issue.

Americans are more fearful about the likelihood of another terrorist attack than at any other time since the weeks after Sept. 11, 2001, a gnawing sense of dread that has helped lift Donald J. Trump to a new high among Republican primary voters, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.

In the aftermath of attacks by Islamic extremists in Paris and in San Bernardino, Calif., a plurality of the public views the threat of terrorism as the top issue facing the country. A month ago, only 4 percent of Americans said terrorism was the most important problem; now, 19 percent say it is, above any other issue.