2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Something smells in the Democratic Party [View all]Ford_Prefect
(8,501 posts)"Get over it" they like to say. "There's no proof either way and no reliable evidence to the contrary". "We never released that kind of data and we won't now".
So what was all that noise about MS phone apps for counting and reporting the caucus vote results? What happened to all the field notes taken by those overseeing the caucus locations? Why does the party leadership object so strongly to doing due diligence? There were reasonable questions raised on the night about correct and complete counts and the next morning there were still the same questions along with more specific evidence that there might be errors.
The Sanders campaign went to great lengths to track the voting at each location and has presented more than enough reasonable evidence that the details and field notes of the count should be reviewed. Must there be a divisive law suit over the count to prove that it is (or is not) correct and complete. Is it not the responsibility of the Chairwoman to determine beyond reasonable doubt that the count is indeed correct, and to show proofs that this is true so that all Iowans and Americans may continue to have faith in the party and the voters it represents?
Bad enough that we anticipate needing to recount when the GOP controls the voting process. Must we now also anticipate that the Democratic party must be ready and required to do likewise, and for its own primaries?
When the Democratic leadership acts like a company with something to hide and then denies the evidence it suggests that those who worry that Wall Street controls the process and the party leadership might just be onto something.