Media Sets Up Another "Comeback Kid" Scenario for Clinton in Diebold Country, NH

[HomerRamone]

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/1480647/

In 2008 Barack Obama was leading Hillary Clinton by 13 points before the New Hampshire primary, when miraculously Hillary came from behind to pull a "comeback kid" routine for the media. Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich was so concerned at disparities in the voting results between Clinton and Obama that he formally requested a recount, which, with no secure chain of custody of the ballots, told voters little more about the veracity of the results.

Kucinich noticed that an interesting pattern had emerged. Clinton did markedly better in districts where the votes were counted by New Hampshire's Diebold optical scan machines, which are used to count 80% of the votes in the New Hampshire primary...

Now, Boston's WHDH Channel 7 is floating a possible "re-run of the comeback kid," after taking its own poll which shows results different from almost every other poll taken. The WHDH poll claims Sanders has suddenly lost 3 points of his 20 point lead, three days before the primary, while Clinton has gained 4 points. In the words of the WHDH reporter, this places Clinton "just fifteen points behind Sanders." (italics mine.) Based on its poll WHDH announces that "Hillary Clinton is surging, and Bernie Sanders is flirting with free-fall."...

A saying often attributed to Josef Stalin runs: "It's not the people who vote that count. It's the people who count the votes." Given past history and WHDH's markedly unprofessional and unwarranted boosterism for the Clinton candidacy, the Sanders campaign should already be sitting on the steps of Superior Court.

[NurseJackie]

1. Good grief. (Starting early, I see.)

[boston bean]

2. I love a good conspiracy theory with my first cup of cofee!

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

3. Heh.

3% changes are margin of error. nt

[newfie11]

4. The history of voting machine shenanigans is real

I think it's wise to always be aware it can happen.