slicing through sleaze

News bits you might otherwise miss.... Mystery Pollster and friends identify a credible suspect for the mega-sleazy push-polls in MD-Sen. and TN-Sen.

Also via the Pollster site, five myths about getting out the vote. Myth one: US voter turnout has long been in decline. (In fact, the percentage of eligible voters who choose to vote has held steady-- but the US population includes more and more folks who can't vote.) Myth two: the super-secret GOP turnout plan will turn the election for them. It could, but only if Dems sit on their hands. You're not planning to sit on your hands next Tuesday, are you? Are you?

In Minnesota, here are some links with buttons you can click to help. (I was all set to complain about the state Dem party's hard to navigate website-- but they seem to have redesigned it a few days back.)