Hark! I hear the sound of cronyism: staff attorneys barred from giving opinions on voting rights cases. This pretty much sums it up right here: "Disclosure of the change comes amid growing public criticism of Justice Department decisions to approve Republican-engineered plans in Texas and Georgia that were found to hurt minority voters by career ( Read more... )

I feel like, for at least one blissful week, I'm living in a movie called How the Democrats Got Their Groove Back. Reasonable fiscal policy? Say it ain't so! :)

On a less positive note, this is exactly why anyone who thinks we no longer need the Voting Rights Act law approval requirements (set to expire in 2007) is full of shit. I'm sure some ( Read more... )