The ACORN vote-fraud story is spreading some really nasty roots:

• In Cleveland, people have been hounded by ACORN thugs to register again, even after telling them they had already registered.

• In Pittsburgh, voting officials are looking closely at ACORN-registered votes in Allegheny County after news of nationwide problems with ACORN vote fraud attempts.

• A Kansas City Star columnist echoes my posts urging that ACORN be shut down and prosecuted.

• The Chicago Sun-Times points out that (Surprise!) ACORN is only targeting battleground states Obama needs to win.

• U.S. Sen. John Ensign, Nevada’s sane senator, is urging that all federal money that goes to ACORN and its many scam businesses be cut off.

• Fox News’ John Gibson connects the dots linking Obama, ACORN and the credit calamity.