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GOP Goes Nuts on ACORN — and Fox Eats It Up

By | 10.07.08 | 10:35 am

Update: A few hours after this item was posted, the AP reported that ACORN’s Las Vegas offices were raided by the FBI.

When the Assn. of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, announced yesterday that it had registered more than 1.3 million new voters nationwide so far this More…

Obama Takes Biggest Lead Yet

By | 09.24.08 | 1:41 am

Sen. Barack Obama just dashed past his Republican opponent in today’s Washington Post/ABC poll, grabbing what The Post calls his “first clear lead” of the entire general election.

The national poll, which does not reflect the Electoral College or prioritize the swing states that actually decide the election, shows More…

GOP Feels Heat for Foreclosure Voter Suppression

By | 09.18.08 | 11:49 am

Michigan Republicans are feeling the heat for a scheme to suppress voters based based on a list of foreclosed homes, a plan first reported by journalist Eartha Jane Melzer for our sister site, The Michigan Messenger.

In the week since Melzer broke the news, exposing Macomb County G.O.P. More…

McCain’s Change and Corporate Media

By | 09.16.08 | 10:05 am

I appear as a guest on Peter B. Collins‘ radio show — which is fun because it has live callers. It’s like talking to blog commenters, if commenters were more supportive. (Kidding! Sort of.)

Anyway, in a segment on Friday, a caller raised big questions about how Republicans More…