Not too strong ...

In a disturbing Atlantic Monthly article last month, Josh Green analyzed the thoroughly despicable career of Karl Rove, and concluded that this election was headed exactly where Rove wanted it - just close enough to steal.

Am I being too harsh with this? I don't believe so. The news reports we have been getting from swing states across the country indicate a massive, coordinated effort at voter intimidation, vote suppression, and electoral fraud that have been tied directly to the Republican National Committee and to local Republican officials.

Ohio voter intimidation efforts. South Dakota operatives under indictment - not just accused, but under indictment for voter fraud are transferred by BC04 to spread their love in Ohio. An RNC official is fingered in a Justice Department investigation for a number of felonies related to voter suppression activities in New Hampshire in 2002 - so BC04 puts him in charge of the whole New England region, and has the DOJ put the lid on the case. A "voter registration" group hired by the RNC is accused of shredding and trashing registration forms of Democrats only in Pennsylvania, Oregon, Nevada, and West Virginia.

And this is only the stuff we've heard about.

Just close enough to steal ...