Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice sued the State of Missouri [1] to force the state to remedy mistakes that took place in the way then-Secretary of State Matt Blunt administered the 2004 election in Missouri.

Judging from the Justice Department's [2] assessment of the 2004 elections in Missouri, Matt Blunt failed just as badly in his last job as he is failing in his current one.

Meanwhile, Secretary of State Robin Carnahan has instituted a plan to work with local election authorities to ensure that voter registration lists are accurately maintained so that voters can have absolute confidence in their election system.

Sadly for Missouri, during Blunt's tenure as Secretary of State, he spent his time undermining confidence in the election system by falsely claiming fraud where there was none, rather than actually working to ensure the efficient administration of elections.

Now, is anyone else curious why the Department of Justice [3] chose to sue the Secretary of State even though she wasn't in office when this problem occurred? And why do you suppose they chose to sue her instead of the local election authorities that are actually responsible for maintaining these voter lists? Surely it wouldn't have anything to do with the fact that Carnahan's opponent from the last election now works for the Department of Justice [4]. Naw, surely not.