I'm pretty sure this isn't a new tactic. The Hatch Act was signed into law by FDR in 1939 to prevent this kind of thing after all. No, this is just the latest instance of Republicans thinking the laws don't apply to them.

On the eve of arguably the biggest election in Wisconsin history, a Republican Postal Carrier in Berlin, WI apparently decided to recommend to the citizens along his route whom they should vote for.... In this case, Luther Olsen.

Luckily for us, there was a kossack there to see it:

Believe it or not, I walked up to a center for senior citizens and plainly hear the US Postal Service delivery man SLANDERING Fred Clark and telling everyone in the lobby NOT to vote for him - to vote for olsen! (snip) It happened about 2 pm and the facilities appears to be a senior center (assisted living too?). There were bunches of residents in lobbying that this moron was ranting to. They, however, seemed to be largely swallowing the mailman's propaganda lock-stock-and-barrel and I was actually denied entrance to the building even though I was not soliciting and had specific people to see.

You're not going to hear this story on the morning news shows. That's not selective reporting on their part though. No, the only people that know about this are the parties involved, the proper authorities, and anyone who read my hasty diary posted late last night... Well, and now you too. Please, follow me below this caricature and that kosligraphy thing for the rest of the story.