Conspiracy theory

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So I've been bopping along keeping up with happenings and whatnot but I wouldn't count myself as someone who is up on the inside baseball of the political parties. I tend to be interested in conspiracy theories but I apply the same logic to them that I apply to op-eds or LTEs. The more credible the source, the more stock I place in the idea.

With all that in mind, and fully recognizing myself as an incredibly poor source, I'd like to run one by all of you and my hope is that you'll poke as many holes in it as possible simply in an effort to make myself feel better:

There have been many posts regarding how Democrats are just as corporate as the Republicans and etc. Most of the time I put stock in those posts but I have always had a kernel of faith that there is something I don't see. That the Dems are aware of the plight of the people and just have way more patience and foresight than I in the fight for true power of the people. Here comes something seemingly non-sequitor.

The most recent piece of news to really startle me was that of the FEC going dark as of Jan. 1st. I know that I am not in the minority on this board in my feelings that elections without an FEC are scary. I listened to commentary explaining the ins and outs of not having an FEC to authorize anything during an election. The one that struck me the most was that seven candidates filing for federal matching funds would be unable to receive those funds without the requisite four commissioners creating a quorum. The candidate that I most support is among those seven.

Here is the reason the previous two paragraphs are very very sequitor. My candidate is John Edwards. It is no secret that corporate America is very afraid of him. The Democratic leadership has seemed very spineless in many situations since the election and I had really bought in to the line that, "We only have a one vote majority," and "It takes 60 votes to get anything done," etc. and I really thought my faith had paid off when Harry Reid decided to keep the Senate in session over the holiday breaks. I thought,"Finally! A strong leadership move!" But now I'm not so sure that move was meant for us (us being the little guy, them being the corporatocracy).

I don't know what recess appointments were being considered for those breaks but I figure the FEC spots would have been filled, what with the coming elections and all. What if Obama put a legitimate hold on one of the nominees and Reid exploited that to keep the likes of Kucinich and Edwards from the money they will need after strong showings or wins in Iowa and New Hampshire? Or what if Obama is in on it? After the primaries if the "odds-on favorite" is the nominee, will the hold on the FEC nominations be taken off? Will the Senate still be kept in session to avoid recess appointments? I wonder if someone went back and checked the third place and "lower-tier" candidates polling around the time that the hold was put on Hans von Spakovsky, would we find that Edwards started gaining ground around then?

Admittedly this is a conspiracy theory and there have got to be holes so please don't beat me up too bad but please say it ain't so. Say I'm just as crazy as I sound. Please...

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1. Electoral college. Electronic voting. Elections aren't real anyway. nt