| Final-Fan said: I would also like to see the documents you refer to (if you have links), and the analyses you presumably got your info from. |
A lot of it is extremely spread out, and I've been following this for nearly two months now, so I don't know that I can retrace my steps precisely for you. What I can tell you is that the two people who have done the majority of the leg work here are Steve Diamond (D) & Stanley Kurtz (R) but I'm not entirely sure how closely they've worked but I do know that they've at least exchanged info on some level.
I can also tell you that the Obama campaign has engaged in a pretty heavy ad hominem campaign against Kurtz for his work, I wish I still had a copy of the audio from his 2 hour interview on WGN radio back on August 27th, it does a good job giving a feel for how meticulous Kurtz has been, he even corrects Milt Rosenberg (the host) on a few issues where he tries to stretch a conclusion further than the facts can support. The Obama camp was invited to be on the broadcast with Kurtz and rebutt him (their national HQ was 2 blocks from the station) and when given that offer they instead hung up on the station manager producer(according to the station manager producer at least) and sent out an email asking Obama supporters to bombard the show with calls along with a talking points list they read off at the start of the show (and which callers followed in order =p). edit: NM found it! Audio edit2: I missremembered, it was the producer not the station manager.
Aside from the side-show that has resulted from this I can give a couple of links to try to get you started, there is plenty to read =P
Steve Diamond's Blog - You can dig back a bit here, not sure how far back he was reporting on this though.
If you want I can try to dig up some more, but I need head out for now, the interview with Kurtz is a good one and I think you will get a feel for what I mean about his demeanor. Thus far Kurtz is the only person I know of who has sat down and poured through the documents at length and his findings have gone almost entirely (if not entirely) substantively unchallenged. There have been a number of attacks on him personally as I said but I as we both know ad hominem attacks are a deflection of the issue and not a refutation of the facts.
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