THE ATLANTIC: ACORN Feels Some Mainstream Heat.

UPDATE: Andrew Cuomo opens an investigation in New York.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Reader John Oates writes:

I think the real theme that has gone unreported here (or at least under-reported) is the attractive female factor. I forget who first noticed this trend, but when really hot females get involved in a political movement, that’s when you know it has become a winning cause. Just look at the difference between Hannah Giles and the women at the ACORN offices. Whose side would you rather be on?

I think P.J. O’Rourke wrote something on this phenomenon. . . .

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