THE GOP AND ANTI-LABOR FORCES ARE PANICKING; STATES ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT HARDER TO VOTE

Rochester, N.Y. -- You would have to be living under a rock not to know that average Americans are now turning against the Republicans-- and they are indeed panicking.

The House GOP has not produced one piece of legislation that has improved the quality of life for working Americans. They rode into Congress with the promise of job creation and have turned their backs on the unemployed and under-employed. Conversely, they have only been fighting a culture war—attacking unions, middle-class folk, people of color, women and the poor.

But rather than face the voters and take responsibility for their actions, Republican state legislators in New York and across the country are hijacking democracy by pushing bills that would instantly disenfranchise millions of Americans before the next general election.

The very worst of these bills is in Wisconsin, where Republicans are threatening the voting rights of nearly a million people-- including almost 170,000 seniors, 200,000 students and young people, and potentially more than half of all African-American and Hispanic residents.

The state Assembly has approved a plan that would require Wisconsin residents to show a photo ID when they vote and extend the period of time between registration and Election Day.

One GOP bill even has a special clause that targets these voters for harassment at the polls during the Wisconsin recalls.

They’re rushing to do this now because Republicans know their time is running out. Generic ballot polling now gives Democrats a 5 percent lead in the next election, a massive turnaround from how people voted in 2010.

Republicans finally let slip the radical agenda they kept hidden during the last campaign: their scheme to dismantle Medicare, their all-out war on working families, and their education cuts that would devastate our schools-- just to name a few. The GOP is only beholden to corporate giants, big oil and pharma.  The master plan includes privatizing vital public services.  They positively do not have the best interest of average working Americans at heart and now everyone knows it.

Now, even political moderates and independents are recoiling in outrage. Progressives and Democrats are getting fired up. And, Republicans are convinced they can cling to power if they disenfranchise enough progressive-leaning voters and keep spinning the truth. That will not happen as long as we have the first amendment, people power and an educated electorate.