Senator Obama might have ulterior motives regarding the FEC? |
| Published: December 26, 2007, 1:32 pm |
| Tags: 2008, shocked, shocked to find gambling going on at this establishment, tales of the machine |
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I mean, just because the FEC is about to grind to a halt because Senator Barack Obama has objected to one of Bush's picks: The potential for an FEC shutdown has been looming for weeks, as a handful of Democratic senators voiced opposition to one of Bush's nominees to the commission, Hans A. von Spakovsky. Their concern stemmed not from von Spakovsky's work on the FEC but from his tenure in the Justice Department's civil rights division. His critics contend that von Spakovsky advocated a controversial Texas redistricting plan and fought to institute a requirement in Georgia that voters show photo identification before being permitted to cast ballots. "I am particularly concerned with his efforts to undermine voting rights," Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) said in a statement released in September after he placed a hold on von Spakovsky's nomination. Obama and others gathered more opposition to von Spakovsky's nomination by drawing civil rights advocates into a lobbying [ Full article ] |
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