Barack Obama has held just two post-collegiate executive positions: chairman of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, on which he for some reason prefers not to dwell, and proprietor of his own Presidential campaign. The latter, unlike the former, can’t be called a miserable failure. On the other hand, it gives us at least one disturbing glimpse into Slick Barry’s ability to manage a large organization.
Various bloggers have discovered that the Obama campaign Web site has disabled credit card security. It doesn’t check the validity of the name and address given by the cardholder. It doesn’t ask for the three-digit CVC number. Unlike virtually every on-line merchant and political Web site (including John McCain’s), it has no front-end safeguards against credit card fraud or illegal donations.
That all sorts of fictitious names – and occasional stolen cards – are making it through the campaign’s wide-open door has been public knowledge for some time. The campaign has done nothing to improve its system. Now, one doesn’t expect the candidate to take personal charge of configuring the site’s AVS settings, but fund raising is one of the campaign’s key activities. Why isn’t it in capable hands? Why hasn’t Senator Obama noticed that it isn’t? Whether or not anyone is deliberately trying to evade the campaign finance laws, the degree of incompetence is appalling.
Now extrapolate to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
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