firm now for the latest on these efforts by republicans to steal the election i'm joined by bad brad friedman founder and publisher of the brad blog brad welcome ok tom always a great great to have you back with us why is it the republicans are the only ones who ever get caught for voter and election fraud and yet they're the ones who are screaming that there's an epidemic of voter election fraud in america but yeah they seem to be the only ones that are actually doing it i mean in the case of this collin small this fellow who was arrested last week. in virginia for for throwing away demmer for throwing away registration forms let's be clear this he was hired by this firm strategic ally and consulting this is the firm that was hired by the r. and c. for some three million dollars to do voter registration in five different states now when they were caught in florida turning in hundreds of apparently fraudulent registration forms the r n c sad that they have a zero tolerance policy for this that they acted swiftly and boldly by firing strategic allied consulting and nathan sproul the guy who cr

studios is brad friedman founder and publisher of the brad blog brad why dot com brad welcome back tom good to be back thank you for joining us and good to see you my friend does this decision effectively kill this voter i.d. law in pennsylvania election yes and no and i hate to be confusing about this because it needs to be clear and this judge this republican judge i believe purposely made a ruling here that was not particularly clear so here's where we are for this november the photo id restriction will not keep anyone from voting they'll still be asking voters for their id and the state will still be putting out advertisements on television telling people to get their i.d. so you know it's likely that a lot of people will see this and go i don't have an idea i'm not going to go vote but the fact is you can vote without a photo id even though you will be asked for it this november in the election beyond that the photo id restriction law will kick in next year unless it's a challenge to if it's found to be unconstitutional this ruling today essentially speaks only to what will happen

tell them to cover so if they don't talk about it neither will the corporate media and rationally brad friedman investigative reporter for brad blogger dot com thanks so much thanks christine. well you've heard about big oil and big tobacco those lobbying groups that spend quite a bit of money consume convincing consumers and lawmakers alike that their product is necessary what you may not have heard of is big candy i'm not making this up thanks to the center for responsive politics we now know there's quite a bit of money given to political candidates by the companies responsible for filling up their trick or treat bags so on this halloween day correspondent liz wahl breaks down some of the politicians the biggest candy companies are sweet on. as millions of americans today splurge on sugary treats not only is it making kids happy and hyper it's also a treat for big candies we're talking about the candy lobby and they're dishing out the dough for candidates they want on the menu and it looks like big candy has a sweet tooth for republican candidates the top candy lobby is nestle a company that

so are elections actually able to be rigged i'm joined now by investigative journalist brad friedman he's behind brown blog dot com brad four and a half weeks out what do you think voters should be most aware of regarding this matter. what they need to be aware of is that these machines count our votes inside the computer we can't see them and there we remain the same serious concerns that frankly we have had now for eight years and that almost nothing been done about that effect you know we're talking right now we try to do it by skype but the computers failed so we're using the phone here but magine if the computers fail on election day that happens all the time the system simply fail and often we have no idea if they actually worked or didn't work when the election results are announced on election night i mean i think it's a really good point brad this is nothing new that we're dealing with we've seen this going on i covered this back as a young reporter back in two thousand and four why is it you know when you're three research that very little has been done to deal with what is

ultimate fraud or sin against democracy the privatization of our vote fred friedman thanks so much for being with us tonight brad always my pleasure thank you tom. over the weekend more swing state election polls were released including in ohio where president obama has a sizable nine point lead over mitt romney fifty to fifty one to forty two percent of the vote last wednesday a c.b.s. new york times quinnipiac poll was released in battleground florida which showed president obama with another nine point lead over mitt romney and yesterday the university of new hampshire released its latest poll in that state with president obama having a whopping fifteen point lead over romney but apparently it means nothing just as former governor of new hampshire and close friend of the romney camp johnson and. we ask about new hampshire i'm sure you didn't miss it right there in manchester fifteen point deficit for mitt romney. you know i'm guessing you'll argue with some parts of the you know interview with a fifteen i'm not going to argue with is it although it's a chuck do you really do you really believe it's right let