DNC meltdown
Whoah. Out of the blue, a scandal in the Democratic party. Just when you thought things couldn't get any more boring (and amicable) between the democratic contenders, now comes this.
Sanders campaign sues DNC after database breach
In a nutshell, a Sanders campaign staffer seems to have illicitly accessed Clinton campaign data, which the Sanders team soon found out, admitted, and fired the guy. In response though, the DNC has blocked the Sanders campaign from accessing its own info on the party's data massif, which the Sanders team claim is an overreaction, a violation of rules and ethics, and an obvious way to undermine Sanders by preventing his campaign from utilizing crucial info about their own supporters, just before the actual primaries have begun. Sanders' people are calling this an outright "attack" on their campaign, and all in all, it all plays so very nicely into the story that the party establishment do not want him being the democratic nominee, and would stop at nothing to bring him down. Much to the anger and dismay of all those thousands of grass-root supporters who've contributed to his campaign so far. Am I getting this right?
My question to those among our gang here who are a bit more well-versed in these things is, could this backfire very badly on the Clinton campaign by, I don't know, maybe proving that she's an establishment darling and the party elite wouldn't shy away from blatantly orchestrating a Hillary victory in order to preserve their control on politics? In the meantime, I've been hearing comments that this whole debacle would actually hurt Sanders' campaign more, because he'll now have to answer some tough questions about his ability to play fair, etc. I don't know. The whole thing looks too unpleasant for me to be able to contemplate more impartially. On the one hand, Sanders should be taking some responsibility for the actions of his staffers (which he actually has already done on last night's debate, by the way); on the other though, it all fit a bit too conveniently into DNC's apparent plans to shoot him down, and prop up the party favorite, and "heir apparent", Hillary Clinton.
Has the nomination been pre-determined long before this ridiculously bloated and over-extended election campaign had even begun? Has this entire race been just for show, for bread and circuses (with less bread and more circuses), and will the DNC continue to display such arrogance in their attempts to have things their way? Or was this all just a tempest in a teacup, now that the debates have progressed toward more complex issues (like national security), and Sanders might start losing ground on his own, without any further push from outside?
Sanders campaign sues DNC after database breach
In a nutshell, a Sanders campaign staffer seems to have illicitly accessed Clinton campaign data, which the Sanders team soon found out, admitted, and fired the guy. In response though, the DNC has blocked the Sanders campaign from accessing its own info on the party's data massif, which the Sanders team claim is an overreaction, a violation of rules and ethics, and an obvious way to undermine Sanders by preventing his campaign from utilizing crucial info about their own supporters, just before the actual primaries have begun. Sanders' people are calling this an outright "attack" on their campaign, and all in all, it all plays so very nicely into the story that the party establishment do not want him being the democratic nominee, and would stop at nothing to bring him down. Much to the anger and dismay of all those thousands of grass-root supporters who've contributed to his campaign so far. Am I getting this right?
My question to those among our gang here who are a bit more well-versed in these things is, could this backfire very badly on the Clinton campaign by, I don't know, maybe proving that she's an establishment darling and the party elite wouldn't shy away from blatantly orchestrating a Hillary victory in order to preserve their control on politics? In the meantime, I've been hearing comments that this whole debacle would actually hurt Sanders' campaign more, because he'll now have to answer some tough questions about his ability to play fair, etc. I don't know. The whole thing looks too unpleasant for me to be able to contemplate more impartially. On the one hand, Sanders should be taking some responsibility for the actions of his staffers (which he actually has already done on last night's debate, by the way); on the other though, it all fit a bit too conveniently into DNC's apparent plans to shoot him down, and prop up the party favorite, and "heir apparent", Hillary Clinton.
Has the nomination been pre-determined long before this ridiculously bloated and over-extended election campaign had even begun? Has this entire race been just for show, for bread and circuses (with less bread and more circuses), and will the DNC continue to display such arrogance in their attempts to have things their way? Or was this all just a tempest in a teacup, now that the debates have progressed toward more complex issues (like national security), and Sanders might start losing ground on his own, without any further push from outside?