Obama '08?

We've all seen the cry of "voter fraud" being used for political purposes in recent years, but this latest example would be amusing if it weren't so pernicious: David Yepsen, a leading political reporter for The Des Moines Register, has suggested that Senator Obama's encouragement of college students to vote in the Iowa caucuses amounts to "fraud." President Bill Clinton too has gotten in on the action. Recognizing that such voting could well help Obama who has energized students on college campuses, beat his wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton has discouraged such voting, telling college students to use their consciences in deciding whether or not to participate in the caucuses. But the bottom line is that voting by Iowa college students is perfectly legal, and indeed such voting could help to compensate for the otherwise anti-democratic nature of Iowa's role in the presidential election process.

And yet the example couple that Thomas gave did exactly that based on an anonymous rumor heard via the email grapevine and they have no idea who the source of that cautionary request came from other than someone forwarded a copy to them.

This one says Obama has the edge:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22484066/


So it'll probably be Clinton, right?