The summary that I wrote pretty much sums it up. This is speculation on my part – but does the campaign have specific voter suppression efforts in place in certain states, and they are desperately trying to get back within the margin of error in those states? The Sec State is a Dem, so we are in different territory than FL 2000 or OH 2004. But what about the US Attorney?
"This article indicates that, as of Feb. 2007, the USA for the Northern district of IA, Matt M. Dummermuth
Sioux City Journal CEDAR RAPIDS — Matt M. Dummermuth took the U.S. attorney’s oath of office in front of U.S. District Court Chief Judge Linda R. Reade Tuesday afternoon in Cedar Rapids. Dummermuth will succeed Charles W. Larson Sr., who retired Dec. 31, and will serve on an interim basis until a U.S. attorney is nominated by the president and confirmed by the U.S.Senate. Dummermuth has served as a counsel to the assistant attorney general for civil rights since April 2006. Prior to that, he served as a special assistant".
http://scoop.epluribusmedia.org/story/2007/2/14/9546/72609
So who is he?
"Ms. Paulose … is also one of several conservative lawyers who worked at Justice Department headquarters or the White House who have been named to top jobs in United States attorneys offices on an interim basis. Others are J. Timothy Griffin in Arkansas, Bradley J. Schlozman in Missouri, R. Alexander Acosta in Miami and Matthew M. Dummermuth in Iowa."
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/07/washington/07attorneys.html
He was eventually nominated for Senate approval: Dec 14, 07.Frankly, I haven’t figured out if he was actually approved. I have seen that he was heavily involved in a big immigration raid, back when the Repubs thought that was an issue they maybe could campaign on.
http://www.iowafarmertoday.com/articles/2008/05/18/top_stories/05raid_lee.txt
Anyway, Matt may be far enough under the radar that they are still working this option. Please keep looking!
Oh, and anybody keeping an eye on Acosta?
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To steal an election you need a secretary of State like Kathrine Harris to certify that the election is clean. That and a Supreme Court willing to shut down a recount and most importantly Democrats without Stones!
Does Iowa have a GOPer as Sec of State?
I don’t see how the US Attorney would help you. You need the SOS and Michael Mauro is a Democrat I believe.
I agree that you need the Sec. of State to _steal_ an election. I think this is all about challenging voters; that is, voter suppression. This of course is nothing new; just trying to remind people that tampering with DOJ has been an important GOP tactic in the run-up to this election. However, the election they are fighting is not the one they expected when these people were put into place.