Obama, Others Nix Deal on Spakovsky

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From TPMMuckraker.com:

Obama, Others Nix Deal on Voter Fraud Guru
By Paul Kiel - October 4, 2007, 12:14PM
From Roll Call (sub. req.):

Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on Wednesday derailed a plan blessed by Senate leaders to vote on controversial Federal Election Commission White House nominee Hans von Spakovsky, a move giving Democrats time to breathe in the ongoing Senate stalemate on FEC nominees.

According to Democratic Senate aides, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) struck a deal mid-week to hotline four FEC slots that must be confirmed by the Senate before next year. As part of the proposed deal, a voice vote on fellow commission nominees only would take place if no Senators objected to von Spakovsky’s nomination.

But a vote on the deal, which was expected to come to the floor as early as today, appeared to be off by mid-day Wednesday after Obama — and unconfirmed others — voiced concerns that von Spakovsky’s nomination was too controversial not to go through regular floor proceedings.

A Democratic aide said Senate offices continue to explore “concerns with Mr. von Spakovsky, if they rise to the level of other objections, as well as where the caucus lies.”

The Democrats never should have allowed this to go forth in the first place, with even the appearance of 'a deal'. WTF are they ' dealing' for with a person with a KNOWN HISTORY of voting fraud against Black folk. This is as ridiculous as Feinstein voting to approve Leslie Southwick out of the Judiciary Committee. I am pleased that Senator Obama has stood up for Voting Rights - it's what he should do- period. Good for Obama.


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