This isn't really shocking, but tomorrow the Washington Post will publish their endorsement of Barack Obama as our nation's 44th president. It is very nuanced and balanced and arrives at the correct conclusion. I'll post the New York Times and Star Tribune endorsements when they are published.

From Hendrik Hertzberg of The New Yorker:

Sounds suspicious—unless you know that even if one of these fake forms results in a nonexistent person actually being registered, now under the Help America Vote Act of 2002, "any voter who has not previously voted in a federal election must provide identification in order to actually cast a ballot. This will make it tough for Mickey Mouse, even if registered, to vote, no matter how big, round, or black his ears.

I missed that point in my breakdown earlier this week. I predict that some republicans will continue to crow about ACORN until there's another manufactured "scandal" to pursue that gives them more traction. I'm sure we'll again see overzealous challenges in primarily low income and minority precincts on Election Day (caging lists, anyone?). Even if most of the challenges fail, they will succeed in holding up the lines, wasting time, and discouraging people from waiting to vote.