OK, so we’ve covered Republicans rejecting registration applications in Florida, committing fraud in Nevada, and cheating in South Dakota. In Ohio, they’re apparently far more aggressive about their goals. Thieves shattered a side window overnight at Lucas County Democratic headquarters in Toledo, stealing computers with sensitive campaign information and triggering concern of the local party’s […]
It may not be a swing state like Florida and Nevada, but South Dakota — home to one of the nation’s most important Senate races — has plenty of Republicans committing election fraud there, too. The state Republican Party has accepted the resignations of the chairman of its get-out-the-vote operation and four contract workers in […]
Florida may be a democratic disaster area, but Republicans in Nevada have gotten in on the fun, too. Employees of a private voter registration company allege that hundreds, perhaps thousands of voters who may think they are registered will be rudely surprised on election day. The company claims hundreds of registration forms were thrown in […]
If Florida wants to lose its reputation as the place where democracy goes to die, it isn’t making many strides. The Washington Post had a disturbing feature piece today on African-American voter registration in Duval County (Jacksonville’s county). It isn’t a pretty picture. As you’ve no doubt heard, many have raised questions as to whether […]
The AARP will host its biggest, most well-attended national convention in the group’s history this year, and has extended invitations to both Bush and Kerry. Yet, even though Bush will be in the exact same city at the exact same time, the president won’t be stopping by. President Bush and 25,000 AARP members will be […]
On Sunday morning, Tim Russert was berating John Edwards about America’s inability, regardless of who’s president, to generate more international support for the war in Iraq. Russert insisted that the Germans, among others, are “not in a giving mood” and would refuse to send troops. It turns out, however, that the Germans may be far […]
The problem with the Bush campaign’s detachment from reality — Iraq is going great, the president’s record on jobs isn’t an abysmal failure, etc. — is not just that it deceives voters. A bigger problem is that it appears to be a contagious condition. The ultra-conservative Washington Times, owned by the infamous Rev. Sun Myung […]
I’m hard pressed to remember the last time the left had coalesced behind a grassroots, non-campaign effort the way we’ve come together to go after the Sinclair Broadcast Group. Watching this unfold since the weekend has been a beautiful thing. As for what’s happened over the last 24 hours: * An FCC commissioner, Democrat Michael […]
In case you needed more proof that House Republicans are closer to street thugs than political leaders, consider their tactics towards their own Republican colleague who heads the House Ethics Committee. House ethics committee Chairman Joel Hefley (R-Colo.) said last week that Republican lawmakers have threatened him in the wake of his panel’s recent admonishments […]
In case you missed it (I sure did), the Detroit News ran a great series a few weeks ago detailing the ways in which the working poor suffer under Bush’s tax cuts. It’s a devastating indictment, accompanied by some helpful charts (and I do love good charts). Here are a couple of choice tidbits that […]