joining us now is david iglesias, the former u.s. attorney for new mexico who was allegedly fired for failing to prosecute a.c.o.r.n. for voter fraud. mr. iglesias is also the author of "injustice -- inside the scandal that rocked the bush administration." mr. iglesias, thanks very much for being here today. >> thanks, rachel. good to be back. >> in the lead-up to the '04 election, in terms of the climate in new mexico, the political climate, was a.c.o.r.n. very active in registering voters in new mexico? >> oh, sure. they were working in albuquerque and throughout the state. there was tremendous local media attention on what they believed to be massive systemic voter fraud. >> in terms of what those specific allegations were, i understand that some republican activists and republican elected officials started making noise about alleged voter fraud around that time. what were they alleging and how did you look into it? >> well, they were alleging primarily a.c.o.r.n. was registering people who did not have the right to voter, includin

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last night on this show we hosted david iglesias, who was apparently fired as a u.s.ttorney because he wouldn't bring what he thought were trumped-up charges against a.c.o.r.n. before the '06 election. and they were charges in which he thought were an effort to stop a.c.o.r.n.'s effective voter registration efforts. couldn't be more clearly partisan than that. and i feel that republicans know their attack on a.c.o.r.n. is a partisan war but democrats don't see it that way. do you agree the democrats haven't really come to their aid and don't seem to be planning to? >> if the republicans are successful in destroying the progressive community, there will be nobody left to vote for the democrats and support the democrats when they run for election, particularly the progressive democrats. so the democratic party has to stand up for not only a.c.o.r.n. but for the other targets of the extreme right, and so far it's been a disappointment. some of the leading democrats in the house, in the senate have been running for cover and they have to stand up and support their allies

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and david iglesias in new mexico was the first u.s. attorney fired because he came back and said there is nothing there. so, this continued -- i guess we should have known -- during the last election season when the theme of the republican party was to denigrate community organizi organizing, saying that president obama had been a community organizer. i guess it of the reason that, being the largest community organization in the country, i guess we should have realized they would be coming for us next. so, all our good work that we have been doing every day for 40 years helping poor people in this country, it is good to be known but we would rather people had talked about what we have been doing all of this time. so, i think that starting back in 2004 is when we really started to come to the attention of the right and they saw us growing and being more effect e effective. when you say that an organization like ours probably moved a million people to the polls this year, making rumors like my god, they are going to be a part of the senc

and david iglesias in new mexico was the first u.s.attorney fired because he came back and said there is nothing there. so, this continued -- i guess we should have known -- during the last election season when the theme of the republican party was to denigrate community organizi organizing, saying that president obama had been a community organizer. i guess it of the reason that, being the largest community organization in the country, i guess we should have realized they would be coming for us next. so, all our good work that we have been doing every day for 40 years helping poor people in this country, it is good to be known but we would rather people had talked about what we have been doing all of this time. so, i think that starting back in 2004 is when we really started to come to the attention of the right and they saw us growing and being more effect e effective. when you say that an organization like ours probably moved a million people to the polls this year, making rumors like my god, they are going to be a part of the sence