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yes, asaris, it might be sleazy. Welcome to politics.
dc_dux, this is the "default to racism" thing I alluded to elsewhere. You're presuming it has to be racial; why? Because the Brennan Center says so? There is something called standard of proof, and evidence, that is needed before assuming someone broke the law. See, my working assumption in most situations is that people will do anything they can, sleazy or not, to benefit themselves and the groups they care about, including political candidates and parties, within the law. I usually withhold judgment on illegality. The reason is that I have seen too many mushy factual situations in my life and too much legal uncertainty to be able to "know" someone broke the law unless I have actually seen the underlying documentation and factual development. (That's what comes from litigating cases for 25 years; you become skeptical of most argumentative claims.) I'm especially skeptical of advocacy organizations - they have a vested interest in perpetuating the problems they address, and will find problems in order to continue their existence and increase their funding. That applies to orgs on both the left and the right, btw.
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