The RW is attempting to pin AmericansElect on Obama. .

[annabanana]

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/red/sfl-americans-elect-who-is-americans-elect-and-how-are-they-helping-obama-win-2012-20120110,0,6524858.story

That pretty much confirms for me what I've learned by having a google alert set for them for a few weeks:

The board is loaded with hedge fund people.

[blm]

1. McKinnon's a Bush man, an AD-man charged with rebranding Bush name as center-right instead of as

the destructive, RW fascists that they became visibly during the W years. Now, they need to put their masks back on to get Jeb into the WH in 2016. Americans Elect is the stalking horse they'll ride.

[annabanana]

2. Ah. . That make sense.

Will it work, do you think?

[blm]

4. if Dems let them get away with it...

and some key Dems support the rehab of the Bush name, as we've see plenty of times before in the last 20 years.

[Vogon_Glory]

3. Americans Elect: Dilute The Vote

I've got a nasty imagination and I believe that the REAL purpose of AmericansElect is to dilute the progressive/anti-Republican vote. The people who are backing AmericansElect are well aware of increasing voter hostility towards the Tea-publicans and think that AmericansElect would be a useful gimick to split the progressive vote so they can slip in Mittsie, Newt, or another of the Tea-publican tools they're really backing.

[Vogon_Glory]

8. I Still Stand By My Post: Here's Why

I still stand by what I wrote.

Here's why. Isn't it interesting that the person who directly disagrees with me only registered within the last couple of days? To me that screams of paid flack or volunteer spammer--both categories of posters I've become well aware of since I started posting on political forums back in the late 1990's.

One of the lessons I learned about what Republicans, so-called "conservatives," and their allies during my political education is to examine their behavior the same way I would parse a crime novel: What are their motives, what are their patterns, and what's in it for them.

Moral of story: caveat lector. Let the reader beware.

[EC]

5. Doesn't this paper do any investigation before reporting?

Publishing an article from world net daily is hardly news reporting. This reporter should be fired for spreading falsehoods. AmericansElect isn't covert about who they are, McKenna has been on TV pushing it for months. It's open and easily researched.

[MisterP]

6. like we need THREE smarmy, neoliberal guys on the ballot instead of two!

[Renew Deal]

9. That article didn't say how AE is connected to Obama

Which is no surprise from World Nut Daily