Old Habits Die Hard: Electoral Power Grab Backers Continue to Hide the Ball; Allegations of Attempted (Election) Thievery Follow

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

So what is the current status of the second coming of the electoral power grab initiative? According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the latest polling shows this latest incarnation has picked up right where its predecessor left off, coming in at well below the "Mendoza Line" of the GOP-base vote at 22% support in the polls.

We know that once again, all roads lead back to the Giuliani campaign. We know that the initiative’s backers are resorting to fraudulent bait and switch tactics in order to dupe Californians into signing the petitions. We’ve learned from news accounts that the backers could be in violation of campaign laws if they are in fact using names culled from people who signed the 2003 recall petition for their mailings. (If anyone knows someone who signed the 2003 recall petition and has received a mailing from the California Counts campaign, please contact the CDP Fraud Busters).

But the real story lies in what we still don’t know. How much money have they raised? And where’s the money coming from? Though allegations of thievery may not be a new concept for those who have followed Darrell Issa's history, is he really willing to pony up hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars to try to steal the presidential election? If not Issa, then who will?

We don’t know because the Keystone Campaign Ops running the bumbling Power Grab Part Deux are ignoring the lessons that led to the implosion of the first effort and are refusing to level with the voters of California.

Are those who ignore history in fact doomed to repeat it? Stay tuned. And be sure to check for those Secretary of State filings...