Having had some conversations with Acorn over the years, what I have seen is far more scrupulous consideration than any folk I have dealt with. In trying 24 offices with intense effort the hatchet folk managed to get enough video to create a story about 3 offices, and some "just for talking" imagined under age hookers. This without filling out any paperwork, or making any actual crime or fraud. This differed rather markedly with at least two Government contractors actually bringing in actual under age sex slaves, and others treating American Employees that way in gang rape parties. And that is long before we even start talking about mundane casual murder and financial fraud! I expect that any real investigation of Acorn will show them pretty squeaky clean, not because they are better than others, but because they have always felt the sting of scrutiny while the cesspit of Pentagon contractors has never imagined it.

AARP actually is an Astroturf organization, perhaps the original. They claim to represent Seniors but the communication is almost entirely from top down rather than from the bottom up. Unfortunately Cong. Brown-Waite not so coherant on any other point.

I was alive and aware of Saul Alinsky while he was still alive but today the only place I have ever seen or heard his name is from the right wing wackos. He laid out thought processes that are not partisan and it is obvious that the only folks using his playbook are those very right wing wackos, even as they project him on others.

"I would much prefer to have wealth and also have the inside scoop on these issues." It is all that "Inside scooping" that has hollowed out Florida's economy, and government from being the most advanced State in the South to challenging Mississippi in many measurements.

Tom - You wanted Grayson to be forced to have Socialized Health care, and I was pointing out that he got that, just like every other Congressman and Government worker, and all the "retired" congressmen as well. . Jumping to Cap and Trade is a different critter altogether ( I guess you agree that the Socialized Health Care like veterans get is better that what you get). I would have many problems with it (though no doubt different ones than you) and presume that it was not with great enthusiasm that that sausage was voted out by anyone. . A tenth of a cent tax on Stock and Commodity Trades, and I suppose Carbon trades as well would stop the scamming of the markets with a hidden "Wall Street tax" that accounts for the skyrocket price of gas that existed before, and will again. That would take the "Gas" out of a lot more than just Gas prices.

Uh Tom Tillison- All of Congress and other government workers have that "Socialist" version of health care. That is one reason many Democrats and all Republicans are happy to give you "Feralist" don't care. . Alan Grayson is proving to be one of the Great Congressmen by actually caring about his constituents, and seriously attacking government waste fraud and abuse.

The Military and top US officials enjoy the best (and least expensive) medical care system through the veterans administration. The Government owns the hospitals and employs the doctors. This is the British, and Scandinavian style system. . The next best in terms of costs and quality is Medicare. The Government sets the rates and you can choose any doctor, and the doctor can choose the treatment. This is the system in Japan and Taiwan, and similar to Canada. . The most expensive by far is the employer based Insurance, with a limited choice of doctors, and a bureaucrat second guessing your treatment, if allowing it at all. . The most deadly by far is what 20% of Americans have which is nothing at all and similar to third world countries, and with a similar death rate. . America can be the best, and everyone deserves that best. Especially as it is the least expensive.

Gelber has little name recognition as yet, but is doing well. Crist & Rubio will be fighting over who is more Limbaughesque and then have to justify who got what done in the Florida Legislative session. Gelber can easily run on the failures of either Crist or Rubio or both in all the needed state programs that were cut, and how badly they were handled. And when the dust settles the blue drift of Florida will accelerate.