federal law

Republican Bob Schaffer's Senate campaign is again embroiled in a controversy over a television ad - but this time for something that doesn't appear on the viewer's screen.

Democrat Mark Udall's campaign says Schaffer violated federal law by not having the candidate's image appear in the final four seconds of the new TV ad on taxes.

Udall's attorneys asked Colorado's TV stations on Thursday to enforce a provision of the law that says that requirement must be met for campaigns to get the discount rates that TV stations charge candidates.

Wadhams, as usual, responded with profanity, calling it "bullshit".

Republicans are freakin’ that the lengthy contest between Obama & Clinton has resulted in millions of new voter registrations across the U.S. plus folks switching parties. This is part of the “enthusiasm gap” that led McCain to choose Palin and thus generate more GOP turnout.

So that’s strategy #1.

In a year when the GOP track record is weakening their brand, certain forces are working hard to remove voters from the rolls. Guessing that communities of color are being targeted for vote purging? You’re so smart — you guessed right! Tried and true strategy number 2 is in effect.

From Alternet Via DailyKos

Election officials in a handful of states appear to be ignoring the federal law dictating the way registered voters may be purged from voter rolls, civil rights attorneys say.

This just in:

"A coalition pushing a ballot initiative that would have provided seven days of paid sick leave for certain Ohio workers said Thursday it will remove the issue from the fall ballot.

Service Employees International Union District 1199 President Becky Williams said the Coalition for Healthy Families will ask to have the proposal taken off the ballot.

Ms. Williams said the decision "was not easy nor made lightly," but was reached after "it became clear that a shrill and vitriolic ballot campaign marred by misinformation and disinformation would be impossible to avoid."

This ballot issue had polled very well and was expected to draw Democratic-leaning voters to the polls. Barack Obama has indicated his support for the idea of madatory paid sick leave. However, Gov. Ted Strickland announced his opposition to the version contained in the ballot issue after his attempts to negotiate a compromise version failed, and a massive and well-founded opposition campaign was in the works.

UPDATE: More from the press release after the break.

"If he were here, he would be a bit of a superstar," said Bodman. "Remember, he's the closest thing Republicans have to a statewide elected official, the closest thing we have to give the party leaders hope and optimism that the party can rally around in next year's gubernatorial election."

No, he isn't "the closest thing to a statewide elected official".  He isn't elected and he is banned by federal law from playing politics - a ban that he appears to be dancing as closely to the line of breaking as possible.  But it's idiocy like Bodman's that encourages him to do so.

Any current investigations will simply be media fodder during the 2009 election season.  That gives Christie a possible campaign ploy built on the government's payroll.  With four months to go before we have a new US Attorney, Chris Christie should either remove himself from consideration or he should resign and return to private practice.  Anything less politicizes his current position and will make his successor question the motivation of the prosecutor as much as the facts of the case.

This is wrong, as it is already against federal law to force workers to join unions.

All 47 does is stop forced 'agency fees' from workers who are non-union but are represented by the union in its collective bargaining.  In union shops the union is required to represent everyone, and in those circumstances the union can charge nominal fees to the non-union workers for representing them.

That is what the amendment does.  Not very easy to explain, but there it is.  We need to continually pound Andy on this until he gets it right.  

If we do not, the public may get the wrong impression of what 47 does and vote in favor of it due to their huge misunderstanding.  Once people know what 47 actually does, they will be less likely to support it.

I wrote about this before and apparently he did not get the message.  Let's try again - but this time much louder and more often.

Here is Andy's contact info.