The Census Project is a coalition of organizations, mostly leftwing, certainly none conservative. Among its activities, it promotes federal funding of organizations that, in ‘partnership' with the Census Bureau, mobilize for the U.S. Census. The Census Project claims to act on behalf of the ‘hard-to-count community.' Its stakeholder list, which is from the core constuency of the Democratic Party, shows ACORN is still a member. Republican lawmakers objected to ACORN's role in the Census based on the potential for fraud. The Census Project responded by attempting to instill paranoia, calling those lawmakers ‘bogeymen,' and suggesting concerns about fraud in the Census are merely ‘laying the groundwork for census challenges' by those ‘spooked by the thought of an inclusive census.' But why only play defense? Yesterday's email from The Census Project touts its marketing strategy using the birth of Jesus. The email reads in relevant part, with...(Read Full Post)