Del Ali

Research 2000 President Has Two Degrees In Recreation

Justin Elliott | July 2, 2010, 12:10PM

Markos Moulitsas of Daily Kos and Del Ali of Research 2000 (inset)

As the allegations that polling firm Research 2000 produced bogus or flawed data continue to rock the political world, it's worth taking a moment to look at the somewhat unorthodox background of the man behind R2K, Del Ali.

"I consider myself a political scientist," Ali told TPMmuckraker in an interview today. "If you want to call me a statistical wiz, I am not."

Ali's academic history is primarily in recreation. He graduated from the University of Maryland with a BS in Recreation (Public Health) in 1983, according to a university spokesman. Records show he also got an MA in Recreation from Maryland in 1991.

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Research 2000

Research 2000 Prez Lashes Out At Kos In Detailed Response To Fraud Suit

Justin Elliott | July 1, 2010, 6:10PM

DailyKos founder Markos Moulitsas and Del Ali (inset), founder of Research 2000.

In response to the lawsuit filed by Daily Kos against him this week, Research 2000 president Del Ali is accusing Kos of owing him money "in the six figure category" and of using "Kos bloggers posing as statisticians" to slander R2K.

"Every charge against my company and myself are pure lies, plain and simple and the motives as to why Kos is doing it will be revealed in the legal process and not before that," Ali writes in a lengthy, at times discursive statement to TPMmuckraker, which you can read in full below.

(Kos, by the way, has said he paid for all the polling he received.)

He also delves into the statistical analysis at the heart of the dispute, which Kos says proves R2K's polls are fraudulent. It was written by three so-called "statistics wizards" who contacted Kos after finding what they call extreme anomalies in R2K's poll data.

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Research 2000

Daily Kos Files Suit Against Research 2000

Justin Elliott | July 1, 2010, 10:36AM

Markos Moulitsas of Daily Kos and Del Ali of Research 2000 (inset)

Via Greg Sargent, Markos Moulitsas of Daily Kos has now sued polling firm Research 2000 for allegedly "fraudulently manufacturing phony results."

Kos' lawyer, Adam Bonin, confirmed to TPMmuckraker that the suit was filed late yesterday. Del Ali of Research 2000, who has vehemently denied Kos' claims, told us this morning that he has not yet seen the suit. (For more on the backstory, check out our past coverage.)

The suit, which you can read below, alleges breach of contract, unfair business practices, breach of implied warranty, intentional misrepresentation, negligent misrepresentation, constructive fraud, and conversion.

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