POLITICS / OUTLYING PRECINCTS

AP - Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards was skeptical about
voting for the Iraq war resolution and was pushed into it by advisers
looking out for his political future, according to an upcoming book by
one of his former consultants. Democratic strategist Bob Shrum writes in
his memoir to be published in June that he regrets advising Edwards to
give President Bush the authority to go to war in Iraq. He said if
Edwards had followed his instincts instead of the advice of political
professionals, he would have been a stronger presidential candidate in
2004. Edwards said he had "no idea" what meeting Shrum was talking
about. He said he hasn't read the book, so he could not address specific
details. "It was not a political calculation," Edwards told reporters
after an appearance at Bennett College in Greensboro, N.C. "It was a
mistake."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070313/ap_on_el_pr/edwards_iraq

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AP - Two county election workers were sentenced to 18 months in prison
for rigging a recount of 2004 presidential election ballots so they
could avoid a longer, detailed review. Jacqueline Maiden, 60, a Cuyahoga
County election coordinator who was the board's third-highest ranking
employee, and ballot manager Kathleen Dreamer, 40, each were convicted
of a felony count of negligent misconduct of an elections employee.
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Peter Corrigan allowed the
women to remain free on bail pending appeal, but indicated he thought
there was a more widespread conspiracy among election officials. "I
can't help but feel there's more to this story," Corrigan said.

BRAD BLOG - Just for the record, only 6 votes registered for Kerry
instead of Bush in each of Ohio's precincts would have changed the
result of that election.

http://www.bradblog.com/

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REDDING NEWS - Acclaimed actor and activist Danny Glover is supportive
of Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards' platform. "I spoke
with him," the "Lethal Weapon" star is reported to have said. "I liked a
lot of what he had to say." Glover, who worked with Edwards on a
campaign called Hotel Workers Rising, is reported to have said Edwards
is one of "several people" he has "a lot of respect for." His comments
came during a wide-ranging interview with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
about his upcoming film.

http://www.reddingnewsreview.com/newspages/2007newspages/
glover_likes_edwards_message_07_0100015.htm


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GREENS FOR NADER 2008 site has launched and is hosting a petition to
call for consumer advocate and past Green candidate for President to
seek our nomination in 2008

http://www.draftnader.org and sign the petition!

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BRAD BLOG - Melinda Henneberger at Huffington Post runs a news item
concerning an August 2006 letter from the voting machine company ES&S to
Florida Elections officials warning about a defect in the Ivotronic
touch-screen voting machine which succeeded in losing the votes of some
18,000 voters in the razor-thin election between Christine Jennings (D)
and Vern Buchanan (R)in Florida's 13th U.S. House Congressional
district. Buchanan was provisionally seated, pending a Congressional
challenge and state lawsuit filed by Jennings, after he was declared the
"winner" by 369 votes. Sarasota, FL's Election Supervisor, Kathy Dent,
decided against both having their machines patched to take care of the
defect and posting a warning notice for voters as advised by ES&S. "No
one in the State of Florida updated," their machines after receiving the
letter, Dent told Henneberger. "That's because it was too close to the
election. It was a state decision that it was too late to make changes."


http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4265

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