Writes Clarice Feldman, “evidence shows ACORN has committed the predicate crimes that would allow the government to prosecute them under the racketeering statute”: There was a rumor circulating last week that U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald in Chicago was heading up a team looking into RICO prosecutions of ACORN, but it appears to have been wishful thinking. But now AP is reporting that two senior officials with the FBI are looking

Interesting findings on voter registration from the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance — findings that suggest that, in many ways, democratic concerns are only truly being targeted in those states “in play,” turning national elections into a series of selective regional registration wars: Voter registration stagnated or declined in many of the states that have not been intensely contested in the presidential election. Thirteen of the thirty-three

With a measured equanimity, Roger Simon pans both W. and An American Carol. From “Political Movies: It’s the Quality, Stupid”: Hollywood and others have made numerous political films that were critical and commercial successes from Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner and Judgment at Nuremberg to Battle of Algiers and Z. The Lives of Others — the 2007 Oscar winner for best foreign language film about life in East Germany under

`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. From the WSJ, “Obama Talks Nonsense on Tax Cuts”: Now we know: 95% of Americans will get a “tax cut” under Barack Obama after all. Those on the receiving end of a check will include the estimated 44% of Americans who will owe no federal income taxes

     “Damnit!” Kenny squealed, pulling his hand back from the hot plate. “I think I burned my fingers. Took the skin right off ’em. Quick, get me to a doctor, would ya?”      “Sure, stay calm. Where do you want to go? Urgent care? The ER? Or does it not matter?”      “Shit, man, I don’t know. Whoever gives the best treatment. I mean, I’ll be using your insurance, so money is not

Lipsticked pitbull goes after the soft meat of Biden’s retreating calves at today’s appearance in Reno: Two weeks from today, Americans will be asked to cast their vote for the next president of the United States. There’s no time to wait. Let’s get right to it. Did you hear what Senator Biden said at a fundraiser on Sunday? He guaranteed that if Barack Obama is elected, we’ll face an international

Dicentra and others take on Slate’s Jacob Weisberg — whose distrust of markets not named Whole Foods marks him as the perfect Obama low information voter. I don’t have much to add to what has already been written, except to note that Weisberg’s understanding of libertarianism seems to track directly with his understanding of most things. Which is to say, a mile wide and an inch deep — leading poor

Had Palin made Joe Biden’s gaffe, Rather notes, the mainstream press would on it like NYT reporters on a Trig Palin diaper. Video here: In related news, Hell freezes over — and Madonna trades in her spiked nipple cups for a nice, age-appropriate Martha Stewart pant suit. (h/t STACLU; see also, the New York Post)

The AP has the story. From what I can see, this appears to be an honest mistake — though the owner of the fish, a Barack supporter, using the fish’s name to sign up for a second phone line speaks to a certain curious mindset. Still, not much there there. Unless, of course, the fish happened to vote for McCain Palin. In which case one could expect Henry Waxman’s nostrils