text: BTW one of the really shameful stunts pulled at Cincinnati was to demand backers’ name of groups seeking a status that would make backers confidential, essentially demanding they groups give up their rights in order to be granted them. This should be cause for bipartisan protest.
  Speaking of basic journalism… how does – and how should – the IRS define “primarily political” versus “social welfare”? I haven’t seen too much coverage of that key question – nor the recent history that makes the distinction so immediately relevant. ( http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/05/20/what-is-primarily-political/ )
  Those were my thoughts exactly, Ray. Is this really about anti-Obama, anti-left wing groups being harassed, or is it a function of a societal slide away from organized religion and/or the government’s need to generate more revenue to cover basic services? Great, great idea for a story.