2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: "What we can’t stomach is even the whiff of impropriety or error" Des Moines Register. [View all]JimDandy
(7,318 posts)Devine's remark sounds very off the cuff to me. Plans change. Sanders was asking for the raw data results also on Feb 2. There's no indication whether Devine said that before or after the campaign asked for the raw data.
Since there is no contextual reference to Devine's remark (If he was asked a direct question, Politicus should have included that.) nor a time given for that remark, right now I give more weight to the raw data request as an indication of their campaign's ongoing concern.
Unless some contract prohibits Sanders from disclosing the raw numbers their campaign gathered, they are free to release them, and they should, if for no other reason but to provide their best proof that they won the popular vote. As another puplication said, it is likely that they won that.