Rossi Win is Certified in Wash. Governor's Race

... but Dem's demand another recount

from JoeUser Forums
From a Washington Post - Nation in Brief note
Wednesday, December 1, 2004; Page A07
(original source: -- From News Services)

Rossi Win Is Certified in Wash. Governor's Race


Yet again, if a Democrat loses, we see that they will demand recounts until they get the results they seek. The numbers above were from the most recent recount, but obviously those numbers can't be right (at least in Democrat's minds) as they didn't result in a Democratic win. As noted, they will now be seeking a hand recount so that they can demand to see each and every vote and try to devine what the voter really wanted.


On the more amazing side of this is that Democrats even let a race be that close in a state as traditionally liberal as Washington state has been. Oh, the tides they are a turnin'
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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
Holy Crap! 42 votes out of 2.8 million?!?!?! All I have to add is that whoever sits in the WA governor's chair next better thank all the members of their extended family and all their high school friends for voting!
Reply #2 from PolMach Forums Top
No kidding! Rossi was only a bad Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner from losing the race. It's amazing that a Republican even had a shot considering Washington is a strong Democrat state. That GOP tide keeps rising!
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
Worse yet...we had a state legislator that lost by 32 votes and is demanding the legislature nullify the election and restore him to the seat, or order a reelection. Not sure which party he is, though, but it is a tad disgusting.
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
upon further review, it's a REPUBLICAN in that race that's trying to have the election results nullified.
Reply #5 from PolMach Forums Top
(from CNN, originally from AP)
Reply #4 By: Citizen Gideon MacLeish - 12/1/2004 3:14:47 PM
upon further review, it's a REPUBLICAN in that race that's trying to have the election results nullified.


Personally, my favorite race deciding results were these (link follows): Queen of clubs settles election tie
Reply #6 from PolMach Forums Top
Yet again, if a Democrat loses, we see that they will demand recounts until they get the results they seek. The numbers above were from the most recent recount, but obviously those numbers can't be right (at least in Democrat's minds) as they didn't result in a Democratic win. As noted, they will now be seeking a hand recount so that they can demand to see each and every vote and try to devine what the voter really wanted.


On the more amazing side of this is that Democrats even let a race be that close in a state as traditionally liberal as Washington state has been. Oh, the tides they are a turnin'


In most states it is the law that with a vote that close there is an automatic recount.

State politics don't always follow party lines. New York has a Republican governor, North Carolina and Montana a Democrat.
Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top
Arizona's schizophrenic like that, too. Republican everything except Governor.

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Reply #8 from PolMach Forums Top
"Yet again, if a Democrat loses, we see that they will demand recounts until they get the results they seek. The numbers above were from the most recent recount, but obviously those numbers can't be right (at least in Democrat's minds) as they didn't result in a Democratic win. As noted, they will now be seeking a hand recount so that they can demand to see each and every vote and try to devine what the voter really wanted.


On the more amazing side of this is that Democrats even let a race be that close in a state as traditionally liberal as Washington state has been. Oh, the tides they are a turnin'"

oh, and just like a republican, saying "oh, you stupid democrats suck, we won by 40 whole votes, you might as well give up. and I hate your stupid way of making elections fair. I mean, who wants a fair election?"