Perhaps I should rename this bobbykennedyjrarticle.com? Hopefully new issues will arise in the not-so-distant future, but for now... another comment...
Bob Bauer, an election law attorney I very much respect, wrote a fairly scathing piece on the Kennedy article here. I think Bauer raises an interesting argument that the Kennedy article may have a negative effect on progressives, but I also think he misses the point as well. I don't think Kennedy cares about advancing the progressive cause with this article... in fact, he's stated specifically this has little to do with politics, but the misuse of a system that is in some ways quite broken. Bauer suggests that this plays into the hands of conservatives who advance voter fraud as a mechanism to protect their electoral majorities. While I agree this has defininitely been the tactic of many Republicans, I do not think it means that it is tactically unwise to call out instances of irregularities in past elections where warranted.
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