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Romney's "whale" of a problem.............
« on: November 12, 2012, 03:02:53 AM »
What was he using, a Commodore?
 
Mitt Romney’s ORCA program couldn't stay afloat
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83653.html
 
Already, much of the blame for Mitt Romney's loss is being attributed to the failure of ORCA, a high-tech software platform that was supposed to enable the Romney campaign to track its voters casting ballots in real time. More than 34,000 Republican volunteers at polling places across the country were supposed to take down the names of supporters who voted, then use PDAs to enter them onto a mobile website, allowing the Romney campaign to strike those who'd already voted from their lists and refocus resources on those who hadn't yet made it to the polls. Had it worked, it would have given the Romney campaign a precinct-by-precinct picture of Election Day turnout across the country. But it didn't work.
The result was that Romney campaign's Boston war room was flying blind on Election Day. They had expected to know within minutes if any Republican voter in a swing state had cast a ballot. Instead, they were stuck refreshing CNN.com for vote totals.
 
Orca Failed. But So Did Obama's 2008 Version of the Same.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/11/orca-failed-but-so-did-obamas-2008-version-of-the-same/265077/#