While last night's debate (video and transcript here) yielded mildly positive results for both Senators McCain and Obama, many observers seemed to conclude that, for various reasons, this debate might lead to a cure for insomnia.
Two serious issues not addressed at the debate were the twisted history of the origins of the home mortgage debacle that led to the larger financial crisis and a growing scandal of potential voting fraud developing around the country. At the center of both of these stories is an organization called ACORN. What makes these developments so explosive at this time is the involvement with ACORN of one man: Barack Obama.
Stanley Kurtz describes this organization's aggressive push to force lending institutions to provide mortgages to people who would not have otherwise qualified for loans. Assisting poor people to move up in life is not a bad thing, but using intimidation to force lending institutions to extend unsustainable loans has led to disaster for the poor and others.
Meanwhile, Michelle Malkin describes ACORN and another organization being targeted by authorities in Nevada and other states investigating voter registration fraud. Here's more detail on the raid by authorities in Las Vegas.
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