Sources: Consultants Ran Roughshod over Romney Campaign Efforts
Mitt losing a job due to consultant advice? Imagine that.
If you spend your time watching politics and haven't been hiding in a deep depression since Tuesday, you've probably been hearing a lot about "ORCA." According to the Washington Post, ORCA "was designed as a first-of-its-kind tool to employ smartphones to mobilize voters, allowing them to microtarget which of their supporters had gone to the polls."
There is now widespread condemnation of the program as being sloppy and poorly deployed.
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