While Obama Plans to Rob Our Kids and Grandkids, Rahm Plans to Steal Your Vote

While most of the country is preoccupied with the debate over the great Generational Theft Act of 2009 and how Obama answered (or didn't answer) questions in his first prime time press conference, something much less obvious and potentially more sinister is happening behind the scenes of the Obama administration.

Quietly, very quietly, Obama has decided to move responsibility for the next U.S. Census (you know, that exercise every ten years that tells us how many congressmen each state is entitled to, and how federal dollars can be allocated for many programs) from the U.S. Commerce Department to... yep... the White House. And who's going to be in charge of this formerly non-partisan government responsibility... yes, that most partisan of partisans... Rahm Emanuel.

Why is the politicizing of the census function taking such a high priority with the Obama administration that it is being done in the first three weeks? How about worrying about Iran or North Korea?

Thankfully, GOP congressmen from Utah are trying to blow the whistle on this scheme before it's too late. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, told FOX News on Monday that "This is nothing more than a political land grab."

The Fox News article that first alerted me to this issue also had this:

"The last thing the census needs is for any hard-bitten partisan (either a Karl Rove or a Rahm Emanuel) to manipulate these critical numbers. Many federal funding formulas depend on them, as well as the whole fabric of federal and state representation. Partisans have a natural impulse to tilt the playing field in their favor, and this has to be resisted," Larry Sabato, the director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, told FOX News in an e-mail.

"I've always remembered what Joseph Stalin said: 'Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything.' The same principle applies to the census. Since one or the other party will always be in power at the time of the census, it is vital that the out-of-power party at least be able to observe the process to make sure it isn't being stacked in favor of the party in power. This will be difficult for the GOP since I suspect Democrats will control both houses of Congress for the entire Obama first term," Sabato said.

What prompted this move by Obama? Most likely he or some in his administration may have had second thoughts about Obama's appointment of a Republican senator, Judd Gregg, to the post of Commerce Secretary. As noted in the Fox News article:

Critics note that the method of counting can skew the census. Democrats have long advocated using mathematical estimates, a practice known as "sampling," to count urban residents and immigrants. Republicans say the Constitution requires a physical head count, which entails going door-to-door.

Gregg, the new GOP appointee, is against 'sampling'. Curious, there was not talk of moving the census responsibility when New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (a Dem) was to be in charge of Commerce... But now, this change is a top priority of the Obama administration?

Dear Leader takes control, comrades. Welcome to Amerika.