I could not agree more.

Amazing how one Republican has a voter problem and all of a sudden he gets the white glove treatment. Every democrat gets the latex glove treatment. Reminds me of the SNL skit:

http://www.snotr.com/video/422/Eddie_Murphy_goes_undercover

That's the idea. If you're an older white vet with no ID, well, no problem. If you're a college student, poor, minority, pro-Democratic voting demographic, then you're out of luck. Maybe come back next election.

At least give the Pennsylvania House (GOP) majority leader the Mitch McConnell ("Our top priority is to deny Obama a second term") Award for Political Transparency:

"Majority Leader Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) suggested that the House’s end game in passing the Voter ID law was to benefit the GOP politically. We are focused on making sure that we meet our obligations that we’ve talked about for years,” said Turzai in a speech to committee members Saturday. He mentioned the law among a laundry list of accomplishments made by the GOP-run legislature....

'Voter ID, which is gonna allow Governor Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania, done.'"

I can't believe there are people who claim voter fraud is not a problem! Of course there is fraud, just not where the GOP claims it is. They themselves are engaged in a massive voter fraud to disenfranchise enough likely Democrats to throw the election to Romney, and they may well carry it off.

Not to mention FL Governor Rick Scott's purging of voter rolls, mostly democrats.

Earlier today CNBC host Jim Cramer sent out this frantic tweet:

"I have a problem. My dad, a vet, won't be allowed to vote in Pa. because he does not drive, he is elderly, and can't prove his citizenship."

This is exactly the sort of example that those opposed to voter ID laws have been complaining about. Every time voter ID laws get discussed here, posters express disbelief that there are individuals lacking photo IDs. This ignores the fact that some states -- and Pennsylvania is probably the most egregious example -- tightly restrict the type of IDs that can be used. In Pennsylvania, it is estimated that hundreds of thousands of registered voters will find themselves disenfranchised just like Jim Cramer's dad.

Now, Jim Cramer's dad's story has a happy ending. Jim Cramer is well-known. Jim Cramer has a lot of Twitter followers. Pennsylvania officials quickly heard about Jim Cramer's dad's voting issue and those officials know a publicity problem when they see one. Hence, later in the day, Cramer tweeted this:

"PennDot read my Tweet and came directly to the rescue of Pop and did so in a terrific way so he can vote.. Thank you Penndot!"

So, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation jumped in to eliminate this embarrassing (for them) situation. What do you think the chances are that similar efforts will be made on behalf of the estimated 43% of registered voters in heavily-democratic Philadelphia? I don't expect many of them have sons who can generate such a response.

Pennsylvania state officials said in court that they are unaware of a single incident of in-person vote fraud. The voter ID law is not about preventing fraud, but about perpetrating it. It is an effort to prevent legal voters from voting. Nothing more and nothing less.