Never let the facts get in the way of a good story

As expected, Republicans jumped on this morning's press event from St. Louis City's Republican elections director, hoping to score some post-session points against Secretary of State Robin Carnahan.  The state GOP accused Caranahan of attempting to "cover up" the alleged voter fraud they believe "continues to thrive in Missouri," and will undoubtedly look to make some hay out of the alleged violations. 

Except their attack doesn't make any sense. The evidence of the "cover up" is a report that compiles information from local Boards of Elections -- including the St. Louis City Board of Election. If today's alleged violations had been reported in any sort of timely manner, they would have been included in said report, which was released last month.

And as Jo Mannies reports in the Beacon, the GOP's attacks incorrectly assert that today's allegations have anything to do with voter impersonation fraud, which is what they really wish they had. That way, they could use it as evidence to impose new photo ID requirements for 230,000 other Missourians.

Desperate to distract attention of their many failures and internal strife, the GOP press team is living by the old adage: "Never let the facts get in the way of a good story."