PR Blunder: GOP Guarantees 2016 Attention To Ohio Vote Suppression Schemes

Updated 12:55 a.m. Wwdnesday, from 5:36 p.m. Tuesday.] Self-inflicted wounds don't come much bigger, and this one is the handiwork of RNC chairman and Wisconsin politio Reince Priebus.

Cleveland, Ohio is the perfect place to host the National Republican Party convention in 2016, since Cleveland was ground zero for blatantly racially-motivated GOP 2012 voter suppression tactics that continue today. 

Including a so-called grassroots initiative to mandate Voter ID: 

Ohio Republicans have already imposed a slew of voting restrictions in the nation’s most pivotal swing state. But now, they may be gearing up for a renewed push on the most contentious tactic of all: voter ID.

The Ohio Christian Alliance (OHA), a conservative group, said last week they’re launching a campaign aimed at getting a voter ID measure passed, either by the legislature or by voters themselves.

Come convention time, and after these efforts have been enjoined and ruled illegal in the courts, I foresee guided tours for media across Greater Cleveland to 'scene-of-the-crime' polling places, and interviews with disenfranchised, frustrated voters.

It will also be fun watching GOP delegates find their way to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to see and hear some of that new-fangled music the kids are listening to these days.