This week in the War on Voting: Obama and House Democrats fight voter suppression
That's Dorothy Cooper, who you've met before. She's 96 years old and almost wasn't going to be able to vote this year because stringent new voter identification laws passed in her state, Tennessee, intended to, well, keep people from her like voting. ...
Mitt Romney says he might move to Florida after the election
"Is that right? No income taxes? And you don't need a lobbyist for a car elevator? Count me in!"
(Brian Snyder/Reuters)
Notice that instead of saying he'd be moving from Massachusetts, he says he'd be moving from California...
“You know my wife –...
This week in the War on Voting: John Lewis, civil rights hero
This was far and away the highlight of the week. The players are Rep. Paul Broun, Republican from Georgia, with an amendment to end all funding for U.S. Department of Justice enforcement of Section Five of the Voting Rights Act, and civil rights vetera...
Daily Kos Elections Polling Wrap: House of Ras and Gallup continue to see a different WH dynamic
It pretty much has to be said at this point—Gallup and Rasmussen (the only two pollsters offering up a daily tracking poll of the presidential race) are on an island. Today brings another set of polls that stand rather far from the assessment of tho...
This week in the War on Voting: Don’t mess with 93-year-old ladies in Pennsylvania
ACLU video
Viviette Applewhite is 93 years old and has voted in nearly every election for the last 60 years. She marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in Georgia. She has tried for years to obtain photo ID to no avail. Under Pennsylvania's new vo...
Daily Kos Elections Polling Wrap: Some states tighten, but road to 270 for Mitt Romney remains tough
A rash of new polling out today shows more good news for Mitt Romney than bad news. Quinnipiac has a big improvement for the GOP nominee in the key battleground states of Florida and Ohio, with Romney even moving into an incremental advantage in the S...
Daily Kos Elections Polling Wrap: Don’t call it a comeback!
Another day, another wild round of ping-ponging numbers from our ever-changing daily tracking polls for the presidential showdown. If you buy stock in the House of Ras (I know ... I know), then Barack Obama has had a sudden and marked surge of support...
Daily Kos Elections Polling Wrap: The Rasmussen disconnect deepens
Critiques of Rasmussen polling from the left have become something of a time-honored tradition, particularly here at Daily Kos. Today, though, it is not just a matter of them being on an island. It is a matter of them showing two politicians at equal ...
Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Orrin Hatch survives his toughest hurdle in Utah
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Leading Off:
• UT-Sen: In case you missed it over the weekend, the state parties held their nominating conventions in Utah. The marque...
Open thread for night owls: Local NAACP cancels Allen West speech
Well, hooray. There's been at least one meager consequence from Allen West's McCarthyesque assertion that 80 or so members of Congress are members of the Communist Party:
[Local NAACP] leaders invited the Republican from Plantation to give the keynote...
This week in the War on Voting: The War on Women happens here, too
We've come a long way?
Faye Anderson, voting rights evangelist, is sounding the alarm on a huge segment of the voting population that hasn't been focused on by voting rights advocates: women. She's very representative of the women in question:
A midd...
Legislators in Rick Scott’s ‘Stand Your Ground’ review task force all supported the law
Gov. Rick Scott has created a task force to review the controversial "Stand Your Ground" law, the law behind which George Zimmerman hid after shooting and killing unarmed teen Trayvon Martin. He revealed the members of the task force on Thursday, and ...
