Jesse Jackson’s conference call last week with reporters had this tidbit: “I think Florida may be ground zero for the voter suppression movement,” Jackson said in a conference call Friday with Florida reporters.

Apparently Ground Zero is no longer Texas, as it was a few months ago with the debates on Voter ID there.  Neither is it Wisconsin anymore.  Perhaps might it be Rhode Island next with its recent passage of voter ID?  Unlikely.  The bill was sponsored by an African-American Senator and signed by a Democrat governor.

What is the law that qualifies Florida as “ground zero for voter suppression?”  Rearranging the days of early voting despite keeping the same amount of hours available to vote before the election, and, requiring third party voter registration groups to turn in the forms they harvest in a timely fashion.

With over the top statements like this, pretty soon folks might not take Rev. Jackson very seriously on these issues.