Claims and Counter Claims
20/Oct/08
If you thought 2000 election was turbulent, I am
beginning to think this one will be worse. Both
parties have already gone to court.
Bloomberg reports that both parties have litigation plans to protest the election. Obama Assembles U.S.'s `Largest Law Firm' to Monitor Election notes that both are assembling large number of lawyers to protest the election a la 2000 if it is close. One Ohio case has gotten to the Supreme Court already where a Republican challenge on voter registration was dismissed. The article points out a number of similar court cases and the potential for far more.
The McCain campaign has made exaggerated claims of “voter fraud” and inferred that Obama was involved. FactCheck has done a good job sorting the issue out.
The bottom line according to FactCheck is that some number of the well over one million records submitted by ACORN, the organization that is being blamed for fraud, were manufactured by the canvassers, but this was fraud against ACORN; not voter fraud. On the other hand, FactCheck notes that Obama has had more involvement with the organization than he noted in his public comments.
Anyone watching Meet the Press yesterday saw Colin Powell break with his party and endorse Obama. Many thought Powell would be the first African American to run for president. His long military career and service to the US make his endorsement important; far more so than the large group of military leaders that already endorse Obama. To borrow the popular phrase, this is huge.
Bloomberg reports that both parties have litigation plans to protest the election. Obama Assembles U.S.'s `Largest Law Firm' to Monitor Election notes that both are assembling large number of lawyers to protest the election a la 2000 if it is close. One Ohio case has gotten to the Supreme Court already where a Republican challenge on voter registration was dismissed. The article points out a number of similar court cases and the potential for far more.
The McCain campaign has made exaggerated claims of “voter fraud” and inferred that Obama was involved. FactCheck has done a good job sorting the issue out.
The bottom line according to FactCheck is that some number of the well over one million records submitted by ACORN, the organization that is being blamed for fraud, were manufactured by the canvassers, but this was fraud against ACORN; not voter fraud. On the other hand, FactCheck notes that Obama has had more involvement with the organization than he noted in his public comments.
Anyone watching Meet the Press yesterday saw Colin Powell break with his party and endorse Obama. Many thought Powell would be the first African American to run for president. His long military career and service to the US make his endorsement important; far more so than the large group of military leaders that already endorse Obama. To borrow the popular phrase, this is huge.