The Democrats have been practicing for this election for a long time but, until this year, they had to keep relatively secret the fact that they had the code to make elections break in their direction. This year, they abandoned secrecy. Their conduct and the possible outcome are reminders of both the British “Enigma” dilemma and of Elgar’s Enigma funeral march. In World War II, the British achieved an incredible strategic and technological triumph over Germany when, in 1940, they cracked the Germans’ secret communications code, known as Enigma. Having advanced knowledge of German war plans, the British were able to optimize their readiness and defenses against the German air assault in the summer of 1940, steer their critical supply convoys away from German submarine U-Boat “wolf packs” in the Atlantic ocean, and gain the advantage in several other operations throughout the war. It’s estimated that cracking the Enigma Code saved thousands...(Read Full Article)