The Mad Rants of an Unconventional Soccer Mom

In Arizona last November, election officials were "inundated with complaints" after women's Voices sent a mailing erroneously claiming that recipients were "required" to mail back an enclosed voter registration form. Many who received the mailing were already registered; the mailing also gave the wrong registration date. Secretary of State Jan Brewer denounced the group's tactics as "misleading and deceptive."

A similar mailing in Colorado that month "[drew] fire and caused confusion," according to a state press release.

A 1.5 million-piece Women's Voices mailing in Florida falsely stated: "To comply with state voting requirements, please return the enclosed application." Pasco County's elections supervisor called it disingenuous"; another said it created "a lot of unnecessary panic on behalf of the voters," reported local newspapers.

When I first heard that a progressive group was responsible for these tactics, I was floored. I had heard of the group before and they seemed to have done some good work in the past. So why did this group whose aim was to promote voting stoop to these Rovian tactics and break the laws of many states? What is their true agenda? Take a look at their Board of Directors. I personally think it says a lot:

- John Podesta -- Chief of Staff to Bill Clinton.
- Mimi Mager -- Member Clinton-Gore Transition team.
- Michael Lux -- Clinton Alumni Association
- Joe Goode -- Clinton President Campaign Manager, 1992.

This story is being picked up all over progressive blogs, but nothing in the traditional media yet. And I guess it could be just coincidence that most of WVWV's board either worked for the Clinton's and/or have currently maxed out contributions to Hillary's campaign. And it's just speculation on my part that they are putting out all this false information to help Hillary. What I do know is if this story was somehow be tied to Obama's campaign it would be splashed everywhere and Obama would be held responsible based on guilt by association.

I hope I'm wrong, but I have lost all faith that the media will do its job. It will either not get play or will be kept at arm's length from being associated directly with Clinton's campaign. I mean, there is a complete chain of events in at least 11 primary states connecting this sleazy outfit to voter suppression, with a tight connection between the group and Clinton. But it has nothing to do with flag pins, so I won't hold my breath waiting to hear hear about it on CNN.

What I do know first hand from working with the Obama campaign that one of his main goals is to build up the party by bringing in new voters. In fact, earlier this week he announced a massive 50 state voter registration drive (which sad, was largely ignored by the media):

"Vote for Change" will summon the volunteer army that Obama has amassed in the 47 states and territories that have already held primaries or caucuses this year, along with the nine yet to come. Deputy campaign manager Steve Hildebrand described the effort as a "sustained six-month campaign" aimed at driving up turnout for all Democratic candidates in November.