Polarization, voter suppression key for GOP
The Boston Globe offers an inside look at the politics of polarization and voter suppression, as practiced by Republicans at the highest levels in the party:
Fallen star blames self, GOP tacticsRead it all.
Jail term served in N.H. phone plot
WASHINGTON -- For nearly a decade, Allen Raymond stood at the top ranks of Republican Party power.
He served as chief of staff to a cochairman of the Republican National Committee, supervised Republican contests in mid-Atlantic states for the RNC, and was a top official in publisher Steve Forbes's presidential campaign. He went on to earn $350,000 a year running a Republican policy group as well as a GOP phone-bank business.
But most recently, Raymond has been in prison. And for that, he blames himself, but also says he was part of a Republican political culture that emphasizes hardball tactics and polarizing voters.
Polarization and suppression are the keys to victory, the way the GOP see it.
They're working on both in Wisconsin this year, with anti-gay and pro-death penalty referendums on the November ballot.
Meanwhile, Mark Green is doing all he can to suppress the vote. Cory Liebmann explains how, and why.
UPDATE: Karl Rove is coming for a fundraiser to help the party pay for legal costs in the phone-jamming case.
posted by xoff @ 10:19 AM
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But it was just a prank. After all, when someone slashes the tires of vans being used to mobilize Republican voters, that's what we heard. Not voter suppression, just a prank. And in this case, there wasn't even any damage done.
I don't recall saying anything of the sort.
You're complaining about the cost of a few tires?
I'll bet more prospective Democratic voters were affected by the phone jamming than the few that might have been ferried by the vans.
Typical. It's always about the money for conservatives. Faux tears, indeed.
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