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Now, if only the former President would refer to this disenfranchising roadblock to democracy --- Photo ID.

We've always had "voter ID."

Clinton referring to it as "chang[ing] voting procedures to reduce the turnout of minorities, the poor and disabled voters" works for me. Way past time for high-profile Democrats to acknowledge Republican voter-suppression tactics.

Do you really want to live in a country where one party is so desperate to win the White House that they go around trying to make it harder for people to vote if they’re people of color, poor people or first generation immigrants?

As much as I hate to point this out, it should be clear to the perceptive observer that the answer to this question is not "no" and not quite "yes" --- but rather "I don't know" or worse, "I don't care." The reason why this should be clear is the fact that even after Greg Palast broke the story regarding the voter purge which Katherine Harris conducted in Florida prior to the 2000 election --- a purge which is thought to have been a decisive factor in the Bush victory --- there was very little hue-and-cry, even among ordinary Americans. That operation took place in a very hush-hush, hole-and-corner fashion...but now the voter purges are taking place right before our eyes in broad daylight, so blatantly that even the mainstream media is paying attention, and yet there is still very little hue-and-cry among the ordinary people. The fact is that this should be the kind of thing which provokes people in these states to take to the streets en masse...but to all appearances, most of the people in those states simply can't be bothered to care about (let alone fight for) the rights of their fellow citizens. And then we wonder why our country has so many problems?

Yeah I think the reason the issue doesn't move mountains for most people is that, to the average person, it can be hard to conceive of how anyone could not have a valid state issued photo ID or why it would be so difficult to obtain one. I remember being baffled the first time I went to my precinct polling station and not being asked to show photo ID. Hell, I seem to have to produce it to do just about everything else to be a functioning adult in society. Most don't see the barriers the poor or elderly face that makes it inconvenient to impossible for them to obtain photo ID in their current circumstances. Some, like the poor, are low information voters working multiple jobs that won't even be aware of the requirement until they're denied their right to vote. Being elderly or disabled and not having a vehicle can be restrictive enough all on its own.

While important, I find the continued use and proliferation of e-voting machines to be the much bigger threat and one that could and SHOULD have gotten more public traction after '04. Must Ohio be lost again and prove crucial to losing an election before this issue is taken seriously? Or does someone just have to be caught red handed before the alarm is raised? I'm starting to think it's only the latter that can wake the lamestream up. Maybe the issue can be brought to Sorkin's attention.

I agree, Arias. Most people just don't understand how anyone could not have a proper photo ID or why it is so hard to get one. I have a good 8-5pm job and it took me months to get to the DMV to get a new license when I moved to my current state. I could only imagine what it would be like for someone without a car or working many more hours to support themselves. And like you said, many won't even know about it until they are at the poll.

Republicans have lost their mind. They have been the "anti-america" party since Obama took office. They have done everything to get him out and have even admitted this.