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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In my view, the headline should read "DNC can't protect candidates data."  Of course, I have so many questions and thoughts -

1.  What is the big deal anyway?  The party should let all democratic candidates have access to all potential voter information.  More open information will only serve the party to get the best candidate. Is it so bad that Berne and Hilary  send an emails to each's others lists and supporters. i don't get it.

2.  If this is a problem, why is the DNC even putting candidates at risk for headlines like this?

3.  Bernie's campaign is pushing back aggressively.  This makes me think there is more to the story. If this turns out to be some internal feud where the establishment folks are trying to make Bernie look bad, then I think this will backfire for the establishment folks and HRC.

4. The main argument I keep hearing against Bernie is that he can't win.  That is not all that convincing to me. I even see polls where he would beat every Republican candidate. Many of us support Bernie/Warren types over Wall St candidates because we want change. Change is not going to come by just supporting the status quo.  Someone has to take a risk. The world gets warmer, Wall St. get's richer, terrorists get bolder and the current policies keep on chugging...

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This is confidential, proprietary information that campaigns spend months and even years developing. It's not just email addresses. SMH.[/quote]

I am just not that excited about this data. It probably means a lot to individual campaigns and so forth. If those campaigns really think it is valuable, then they shouldn't share it with the DNC.  I think the DNC interest should be in getting all the candidates access all democratic primary voters.  IF they nave any information that can help get a candidate's information to a voter or get that voter's money to a candidate, then they should share it.  If a candidate doesn't believe in this principal, than they should manage the data themselves.  Personally, I think democracy and party interests are better served with more openness.[/quote]

Hillary's campaign spent a lot of time and money calling and canvassing to identify the Democratic voters who supported her, were against  her, or were undecided, so they can follow up with persuasion for the undecideds, get-out-the-vote for the supporters, and not waste time and money on the antis. Four different Sanders' campaign staffers intentionally searched that Clinton campaign data in ten early states and saved the files. Those lists are worth millions of dollars and months of campaign work, especially the undecided voters because Sanders' campaign could effectively target that smaller list for persuasion at much less expense than if they did not have that information and had to contact the whole Democratic voter file. [/quote]

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