Latino voters ground zero in GOP ‘vote fraud’ political battle?

Racially as well as politically driven?
The Wall Street Journal noted 10 days ago that New Mexico was the focal point on the FBI’s battle against vote fraud, registration fraud, etc.

Why New Mexico? Well, if the FBI/Department of Justice investigation is being politicized, a number of reasons.

The obvious is that it’s a tightly fought swing state.

The less-immediate one is that it’s got the nation’s largest Hispanic population, by percentage.

There’s your key. Illegal immigration is a GOP base red meat issue. It’s been in the news a lot the last six months, from the failure of the Senate to pass an immigration bill on.

So, going after alleged Hispanic vote fraud in New Mexico would be a base-pleaser.

Play it out
Then, the effort could easily spill over into new southwestern swing state Nevada, and Colorado — two other states with high Hispanic populations.

If Obama and his campaign can connect the dots, and are politically astute …

They’ll up the ante on Mukasey, and accuse him of conducting not just a politically biased but a racially biased, investigation. And, then, cut a couple of Spanish-language commercials.