JUST IN: From Sanders campaign: access to voter files will be restored Saturday morning.

[retrowire]

Source: New York Times

JUST IN: From Sanders campaign: access to voter files will be restored Saturday morning.

Read more: https://mobile.twitter.com/NYTnickc/status/678070602310287360?p=v

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UPDATE: An article! http://usuncut.com/politics/breaking-dnc-to-restore-voter-database-to-sanders-campaign/

UPDATE: Another article! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-dnc-data-access-will-be-restored_5674e6cde4b014efe0d5aca2

[Divernan]

1. Good, but Deb/Hill cannot unjump that shark.

Their true selves were on display for all the world to see, and the world said Eeeeew! Cover yourselves!

[Bubzer]

60. They're gonna try and shove the genie back in the bottle.

There was well over 250 thousand signatures on the moveon petition against the DNC in less than 24 hours. That's unprecedented.
It means all the DNC did was fire up the base and Bernie supporters

[cannabis_flower]

124. And it motivated..

me to donate $10 to Bernie's campaign. I would give more, but I'm a substitute teacher and we don't get paid when we aren't working (Christmas).

[Bubzer]

125. Thanks for donating!!!

I've already given, but I'll match your donation!

[BeanMusical]

83. "for all the world to see"

Lol, reminds me of this Beatles song:

Sexy Sadie you broke the rules
You layed it down for all to see
You layed it down for all to see
Sexy Sadie oooh you broke the rules

[grasswire]

2. but is the law suit still on???

I hope so. I hope to hear about the coordination between DNC and Clinton campaign.

[retrowire]

4. Well, the entire purpose of the lawsuit was because of the data being withheld from him.

Now that he has it back, the lawsuit has no solid purpose. So... either write a new lawsuit or be content that all is well?

[grasswire]

9. not entirely

The legal beagles seemed to sense that the lawsuit was ultimately after coordination between DNC and Hillary campaign in the form of emails.

This may not be the end of the dustup.

[Omaha Steve]

29. It was also a breach of contract without just cause

Bernie even let them fund raise off his name. Now he might get what they raised as restitution. DWS might need a good judge.

OS

[safeinOhio]

97. One word ended the whole thing

"Discovery". DWS freaked when she found out she'd have to turn over all emails between her and the, to smart to get caught crowd, about any big secret plan to end Sanders run. One thing I've learned about law suits, "Discovery" can bring a quick cry of uncle.

[arcane1]

117. The cowards damn sure weren't going to do ANYTHING under oath.

[JimDandy]

12. I hope so too. Sanders has an airtight breach of contract case against the DNC

and they know it. But the DNC objective to smear him is what they wanted.

[Duckfan]

68. Yes.

[litlbilly]

71. Yes, the lawsuit is still on

[snot]

85. They shd keep it ALIVE as long as possible,

'cuz until the Sanders campaign actually HAS access, they don't have it (the DNC said they'd restore it . . . um like, what o'clock? And if that doesn't actually happen? Oops, another software glitch!)

All of this shd put everyone on red alert that some people/their owners have convinced themselves that NOTHING should stand in their way; and they will NEVER STOP/NEVER STOP.

We need truly neutral, third party oversight of this process, 'til it's OVER; 'cuz as things are now, it's just Hillary alone in the room with the cookie jar.

[grasswire]

87. good points

call in Jimmy Carter. He has experience as an elections observer.

[snot]

88. EXCELLENT IDEA!!!!!

[ananda]

122. Absolutely! Get Carter!

..

[snot]

90. PLEASE POST AN O.P. to that effect.

It's a perfect solution, and anyone who argues against it is, imho, clearly an a-hole.

[Samantha]

91. Good one, grasswire! (nt)

[That Guy 888]

94. That is a great idea n/t

[Truprogressive85]

3. Would you look at that !

I could of sworn DWS said they would not restore the voter file until an "independent investigation"

I wonder what changed

[retrowire]

5. HMMMMMMMM....

[Truprogressive85]

16. Lol

Remember HRC suppoters on here few hours ago were telling us this Watergate 2.0 lmaoo

[retrowire]

24. They're QUITE desperate to tear down an opponent who...

supposedly "has no chance"

XD

God, these people are transparent.

[Divernan]

7. Deb will be up all night preparing the spin.

[Truprogressive85]

25. DWS should issues an apology to Sanders Camp

The DNC leaked the story for smear attempt

[Jon Ace]

34. Spin's already here

[passiveporcupine]

66. Oh, I didn't know the DNC requested a law suite filed against them.

First they say they got the information they requested, then they say they are still investigating to make sure they got the information they requested.

My head is spinning. I feel like Linda Blair.

I hope Sanders proceeds with the law suite and I hope it ends up unseating Wasserman. I've already signed three petitions about this data crap and getting her kicked out today. I'd sign a dozen more if it would help.

[BeanMusical]

82. What a pathetic load of manure.

[Bluenorthwest]

103. And she's still shoveling hard to defend the vendor that could not maintain security week after

week. She insists the DNC has work so hard to secure this data, but in reality she's hired a vendor that has negligent or inept processes and who is obviously slow to rectify issues or react to campaigns which complain about their sieve like protocols and occasional firewalls.

Why is this vendor not being held to account and instead rewarded with huge fees for fucking up so very badly? DWS declared them innocent, and now she's telling us we are moving forward. 'Do not inspect my decisions nor the friends we contract with to provide obviously mediocre services for enormous fess! Move forward now!'

[Cassiopeia]

108. Year after year.

A similar incident happened in Clinton's favor during the 08 primary. No action was taken and it didn't make national news.

[bigmonkey]

127. Bartcop's dictum might help clarify the situation

I have to paraphrase it:

"When a person or organization makes a mistake that increases their power or puts money in their pocket, you can expect them to make that mistake over and over and over."

Helps with analysis.

[LiberalLovinLug]

116. How about finding out just how this secret door into the DNC database was first created?

And who created it? And if and how long it was being used by any other camp before the Sanders team found it and reported it?

(And which team (if any) is now so pissed because they can't use this ploy anymore and also to deflect heat, decided to accuse the other camp of what they had been doing for months already?)

[jwirr]

10. Bernie's movement joined the fight. This is how we are

going to get things done.

[99th_Monkey]

21. ^^this^^

[Truprogressive85]

23. Oh yes

The people's movement

[hay rick]

48. Over 200,000 of us signed a petition demanding access in 24 hours.

Nice wake up call for DWS.

[starroute]

62. More -- the current number is 258,972

And I assume signatures will continue to trickle in. I think there's also a "Debbie, resign" petition floating around.

http://pac.petitions.moveon.org/sign/debbie-wasserman-schultz-2?source=s.fb&fb_test=52&r_by=1449738

[Gmak]

63. I signed a White House petition calling for DWS's firing this afternoon,

as did several of my family members.

[starroute]

65. I didn't see that one

But I signed one at change.org calling for DWS to resign. I see it's only got about 20,000 signatures, though.

[Duckfan]

70. Not to mention jammed phone phone lines.

[tecelote]

76. +1

[RKP5637]

99. DWS and DNC made several people I know to now definitely vote for Bernie. I had told

them DWS and DNC were pulling shenanigans against Bernie, now the world has seen it!

[appalachiablue]

26. What a dear, that Debbie.

[Truprogressive85]

30. Sanders camp is not playing

Truth always comes out

[appalachiablue]

43. Before knowing any of Bernie's campaign staff I attended a public policy forum where he

was one of two main speakers. It was last June, around a month after he announced. During the evening forum packed with 500+ people, there was one distinctive looking man who stood at two exit doors focused on Bernie practically the entire night. It was Jeff Weaver, man of steel. I like his style and Bernie's honesty, toughness and compassion. They don't take sh*t. Pardon me.

Truth is a wonderful thing.

[Truprogressive85]

50. I love a fighter and Sen Sanders is one

I love this


This only fires me up

[appalachiablue]

61. Yep. Between the irregular debate schedule and this affair if folks

don't recognize polarity and even antagonism in party politics they're out of touch.

[840high]

69. Me 2 - gave me more energy

[Truprogressive85]

86. The old man will not be knocked down

[Duckfan]

72. I'm also conveinced that Weaver knows his s***

He's doing an outstanding job.

[appalachiablue]

74. Yup and he's been with Bernie a long while I believe.

Remember when JW had to apologize for 'being a bully' when he said they might think of H for a VP interview. He was just joking all the same.

[frazzled]

28. Maybe it happened

It was the Sanders campaign that jumped the gun. Fired the perpetrator of the searches and then slapped a lawsuit on the party that temporarily suspended access until more information could be determined. The campaign doesn't know what they're doing. It's a mess.

You can't file a suit based on arguments the person you just fired is claiming.

This is not presidential. Voters judge candidates on many things--one is whether they're running a tight, trustworthy ship in their own campaign. That was a hallmark of the Obama campaign (both times).

[Vincardog]

33. The DNC violated the contract.

[frazzled]

41. The Sanders campaign exploited a breach to gain access to valuable information

The Clinton campaign has also invested millions in survey research; it does not seem the Sanders campaign has done so. Survey data is the fuel for strong modeled estimates: Without it, you’re less likely to know the voter characteristics that tend to predict who will support a given candidate.

If the Sanders campaign was able to save the information necessary to know whom the Clinton team considered its strongest supporters, it would have been quite helpful: His campaign could then stay away from the voters who have supported Mrs. Clinton, and it would give the campaign an even better idea of its supporters.

This is what Sanders campaign officials attempted to do, and, according to Bloomberg News, they succeeded. Bloomberg reported that Sanders officials searched for and saved lists of voters who were modeled by the Clinton campaign to be among its likeliest supporters. For instance, they searched and saved a list titled “HFA Support 50-100,” which would include anyone deemed by the Clinton campaign to have a greater than 50 percent chance of supporting Mrs. Clinton. These support scores are informed by the powerful and proprietary data — on Clinton volunteers, past supporters, the Clinton campaign’s polling — that the Sanders campaign would not otherwise be able to gain access to.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/19/upshot/sanders-vs-party-why-voter-data-can-be-so-important.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

This is not in dispute: digital footprints were left of the searches. Whether they were exported and saved is unclear. But you don't need to export the files. Just whip out your phone camera and take pictures of the screens. And you can capture a hell of a lot of screens in 40 minutes.

[daleanime]

73. ........

http://www.democraticunderground.com/128084631

[Bluenorthwest]

106. Why is the DNC paying high fees for security that is not in fact secure, for random firewalls which

come and go, paying fees to a company that when told about their cheesecloth security does nothing about it for weeks? Is that really the best they can do, hire incapable and inept persons who neglect the duties they are paid to do while cashing the checks with a dedication better suited to the actual doing of the job?
The people who botched the security are still in charge of security. Why the fuck is that the case? Why would I donate to a Party that hires incapable cronies and retains them after their lack of ability to deliver is apparent to the entire world?

[LiberalAndProud]

98. It's interesting to see how team Hillary views this escapade.

Tables turned, had the DNC attacked Hillary rather than Bernie, I suspect your viewpoint might change. I can't see this as anything other than highly polarized politics. DWC has been Hillary's team leader since before she declared. In my view this was a transparent attempt to discredit the Sanders campaign.

Those of us who have already sided up have already sided up. Academically, it's interesting to consider our disparate reactions in that light.

[notadmblnd]

123. Perhaps you should take a few moments and read the suit.

Oh, and it has been filed. And another thing, since the DNC relented last night in hopes they could squash the suit- rumor is, that the suit is still going forward.

No, I think the DNC and little Debbie jumped the gun by taking this to the press, then HRC's staff jumped the gun by accusing the Sander's campaign of stealing millions of dollars worth of information when they had no clue what they were talking about.

For your reading pleasure, I submit http://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000151-b72f-d1ae-add5-f76f14db0001

[elleng]

51. They got some legal advice, imo.

[Plucketeer]

64. LOL!

Must be that they came up with a panel of independent investigators in one HELL of a hurry.

[snot]

96. they remembered an independent investigation would not be to their benefit. :)

[hopemountain]

6. restitution to the sanders campaign for all of their

costs to deal with this situation should be made. absolutely.

[notadmblnd]

8. I wonder what happened.

Did the judge order it?

[Le Taz Hot]

80. The DNC caved.

They were in CLEAR violation of their own contract as they were supposed to give the campaign 10-days notice. They were given NO notice. Legally, the DNC didn't have a legal leg to stand on.

[roguevalley]

92. they wanted to smear Bernie before the debate so they couldn't give notices, the ass hats

[arcane1]

118. The DNC chickened out to avoid disclosing anything under oath in court.

Liars tend to do that

[notadmblnd]

119. as far as I know, the court case is still going forward

The Sander's campaign is entitled to find out who has been accessing and stealing their data.

[arcane1]

121. Even better! n/t

[OilemFirchen]

11. As predicted.

Last edited Sat Dec 19, 2015, 11:28 AM - Edit history (1)

And as would have been the worst outcome had the Sanders campaign simply communicated with the DNC.

Useless lawsuits are Trump tactics. What a shame to see a Democrat stoop to that level.

[grasswire]

17. ridiculous

as usual

[OilemFirchen]

27. Ate up.

as usuum.

[roguevalley]

93. our boy has a backbone. its a rarity in dems but he has one and I salute him,

[PassingFair]

113. Hahaha..reminds me of this, oldy but goody.

[JimDandy]

45. Sanders has an airtight Breach of Contract case against the DNC. They knew it.

So when did Sanders not communicate with the DNC?

In October, when Bernie 2016 notified the DNC of Van's initial data breach?

Or perhaps when his campaign took the initiative and notified the DNC of this week's latest security breach by Van's?

Or perhaps when the DNC entirely ignored Sander's campaign manager, Jeff Weaver's communications, forcing the campaign to file the lawsuit in the first place?

Fail: A breach of contract is not a Tort. Torts are cases that involve a duty of obligation, arising out of law, to protect others from harm. Breaches of Contract, such as this case, involve an obligation that arises from promises parties make to one another.

The DNC clearly broke their contractual obligation (read the suit yourself).

Not a shame at all. We want our candidates to be strong candidates who use all available resources to protect themselves, their volunteers and the Democratic Party itself. Sander's lawsuit did all of that and more. Hence the DNC's decision, really the only reasonable outcome available to them.

Go BERNIE!

[OilemFirchen]

56. When did the Sanders campaign not communicate with the DNC?

In the period following the DNC's revocation of their access and prior to their filing a suit. The two have a mutually beneficial relationship and it's both prudent and conventional to resolve internecine matters privately, especially in the midst of a Presidential election.

I concluded early today that the DNC violated the terms of the contract.

Mea culpa, BTW. Not a tort. I don't pretend to be an attorney.

[frylock]

75. Debbie Waterboy was the one who ran to the press..

this whole fucking matter should have been handled behind closed doors. GTFO with that nonsense.

[Bluenorthwest]

107. You should self delete that post. You used terms you do not understand to equate Bernie to

Trump and called it a shameful tactic. So 'mea culpa' is not really sufficient for what you allowed yourself to indulge in here, which to be very blunt is exactly what Trump does. Your post, just like Trump. DWS, hiring inept crony vendors and protecting them in their ineptitude, also just like Trump.

But you were saying 'tort, tort, it's bad, it's bad, shame, sinking, tort, tort' like some Republican who has been taught to seek 'tort reform'. Those Republicans don't know what a tort is either. Probably think it's cake.

[OilemFirchen]

115. No.

Since an admission of error is apparently insufficient, I've edited the post. FTR, in the entirety of my posts from yesterday I used the word "tort" once.

I would also have changed "Democrat" to "Democratic campaign" but, as I understand from late last night, the campaign intends to continue the suit. Perhaps that's in error as well - I've not had a chance to peruse the latest- but, if not, I hold Sanders himself responsible for this useless, destructive event. If so, I'll edit the post again - rather than issue another useless mea culpa.

I've been very careful throughout this primary season not to attack any of the Democratic candidates and have stated on numerous occasions that I will be fine voting for any of them. I will not, however, avoid criticism when it's absolutely warranted - as I have done with Clinton, Sanders and O'Malley. I stand by what I wrote.

Perhaps you'll return the favor. Could you rewrite this:

Your post, just like Trump. DWS, hiring inept crony vendors and protecting them in their ineptitude, also just like Trump.

in English?

[catnhatnh]

13. Man if this is true

DWS has just taken the most epic asskicking of her life!

[grasswire]

20. as Paul Begala likes to say...

"beaten like a red-headed step child."

[appalachiablue]

47. That expression is fairly rare, my brother says it occasionally. Didn't know Paul also used it.

A blunt and effective expression, but I dislike it for personal reasons.

[grasswire]

55. I dislike it too

But Begala is on Hillary's team.

[appalachiablue]

59. He is indeed, with the Clintons for a long time now.

[Robbins]

14. They caved

as many thought they would.

clinton's own campagin was saying bernie should be returned to access to voter files so they were prepared to throw DWS under the bus.they want this lawsuit to go away.

[grasswire]

15. is that a legit twitter account?

what is NYTnickc?

[retrowire]

18. It's Nick Corasaniti's twitter account.

He's a journalist for the NYtimes. I'm still trying to find a REAL article myself.

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#safe=active&q=nick+corasaniti

But until then, an official tweet from a journalist will have to do.

[grasswire]

22. thanks much

:wave:

[99th_Monkey]

19. Awesome. If I was reading Howard Dean correctly on this evening's news

He could see how this could easily backfire in a huge way on Clinton and DWS, and
as a Clinton supporter he was NOT wanting that to happen so fervently wanted this to
GO AWAY asap.

Apparently some cooler heads prevailed in the Clinton camp.

Can we get back to talking about real issues that effect voters lives and livelihoods now?

Let's hope.

[peacebird]

32. I think DWS needs to be fired, then we can move on....

[99th_Monkey]

40. I don't entirely disagree.

However, I'd hate to see the Dem primary get bogged down in protracted acrimonious
bickering that distracts from the very issues that Bernie's in this thing to talk about, you
know, those issues that actually effect people's lives and livelihoods, and that they care
so deeply about.

[phleshdef]

79. I bet in the back of his mind, he was thinking how much better he would have handled this...

....when he was DNC chair.

[99th_Monkey]

81. No doubt.

It was refreshing to see the Howard Dean that wasn't simply carrying water for Hillary,
which I hadn't seen in awhile.

Kudos to Howard for being a voice of sanity and fairness, at a time when it was so sorely
needed.

[PassingFair]

114. I would like to see him replace DWS.

It's problematic that he's already "endorsed" Hillary, but I believe
that he would see to it that the race is run fairly.

It would certainly be a leap up from where we are!

[catnhatnh]

31. Now we just have to discuss

breach of contract, defamation of character, and monetary damages...

[Cassiopeia]

35. The results from the focus groups are in.

It didn't work like it was supposed to.

[peacebird]

37. Shoot. You are correct... i was overthinking it in post 36.

[peacebird]

36. Do you think the fact the DNC phone lines (even for donations) were totally shutdown today

May have had something to do with the DNC change of heart? Or perhaps the swamping if @dwstweets? Or The calls to Dems in congress saying stop this stupidity?

Or the fact the twitterverse and reddit both blew up. With users who were outraged and started posting that even if HRC won they would NEVER vote for her?

[retrowire]

38. I'm sure that helped.

But remember what our Hillary supporting friends will tell us about the internet.

"The internet isn't really indicative of what the people really think."

Ugh.

[jwirr]

42. As I said - Bernie's movement.

[Pastiche423]

67. If Bernie was unsure if we would continue his

revolution before, he can relax now. A quarter of million people in 24 hours showed him we have his back.

[jwirr]

111. Yes, I don't think I have ever seen anything like it in my 74 years.

We learned about the situation and then along with him we acted. Now that is real activism.

[LS_Editor]

39. Never should have lost access to them.

The lawsuit against the DNC should proceed.

[Truprogressive85]

52. Sen.Sanders tomorrow night needs to Dab on the haters ! like Cam of Panthers

?w=750

[Jack Rabbit]

53. Was Debbie heard saying . . .

"Perhaps I was just a little hasty."

[joshcryer]

54. Looks like DWS got a phone call from the Clinton campaign.

[liquidlarry]

57. In the morning?

Why in the morning, They don't have someone to trip the switch on till morning... We are talking a presidential race...somebody needs to fix this now...

[JimDandy]

77. They have to fix the feature...err bug, that's right, bug

before morning as DWS has proclaimed that this "will never, ever, ever happen again". Can't give Sanders access til she can be assured that the DNC's last 7 years, at least, of knowingly harboring this bug has come to an end. And let's hope this is not a VW-like assurance.

[Duppers]

58. Just got an email from MoveOn petition

That Bernie was given access.

However...

All's not forgiven here--damage has been done to DNC, DWS, and to Hillary.

[valerief]

78. DWS: "Toothpaste, meet Tube."

[BeanMusical]

84. Kick and R

[SandersDem]

89. I remember

seeing her walking around on stage after the first DNC debate trying to say hello to the candidates. O Maley and Sanders ignored her. Hillary even distanced herself and would not respond while the cameras were on at least (that goes for all of them). I laughed at her aimless stage presence. Wonder how she is going to be greeted tomorrow?

This was not good for any of the candidates.

[iandhr]

100. Good

Now everyone needs to chill

[reddread]

101. luck with that

theres more shoes left to drop. Lets see what they have in their other pockets.

[Truprogressive85]

102. This is not over

yes Sen. Sanders got his data back

now is the time to keep the pressure the DNC

more debates on the issues less favoritism

[Vinca]

104. Good. One thumb off the scale.

[rjsquirrel]

105. Oh no

now how will his supporters bash Hillary Clinton in grossly misogynist ways?

I'm sure they will figure out some way though.

And he still isn't going to win. Ask President Mondale.

[retrowire]

109. lmao. since NONE of this current event had to do with sexism

AT ALL your comment looks egregiously desperate. pulling that card now? wow...

smfh

[libdem4life]

110. Another 3-digit post. Hmmm.

[retrowire]

112. hmm indeed. nt

[arcane1]

120. Your retreat into false claims of misogyny prove that you know this was wrong on the DNC's part.

Betrayed by your own words!