GOP dealt blow in (WA gov.) vote trial

[Newsjock]

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/225570_election24.html?dpfrom=thead

By GREGORY ROBERTS
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER

WENATCHEE -- Republicans suffered a setback yesterday (Monday) to their late-developing strategy to claim fraud in the governor's race when a judge said the fraud claim can't stand as a key to the party's legal challenge of Democrat Christine Gregoire's 129-vote victory.

Chelan County Superior Court Judge John Bridges' statement on the fraud claim is critical. Under Washington law, defeated Republican candidate Dino Rossi most likely would need to establish fraud to get an election overturned, because simply showing the number of improper votes exceeded the margin of victory would not be enough.

Without fraud, Rossi faces the much more difficult task of proving that Gregoire owes her win to illegal and improper votes or actions.

... Bridges is hearing the case without a jury, but no matter what his verdict, it's nearly certain the losing side will appeal to the state Supreme Court.

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[Kerrytravelers]

1. Rethugs are amazing. They just don't know how to lose gracefully.

It truly beats anything I have ever seen.

[AP]

8. But you have to give them credit for wanting to win.

I'd like to see the Democrats act like they care this much about winning.

[AP]

10. Reply to post 4.

No, they wouldn't have let him sit on corporate boards.

Which I think is a fair trade.

Gore should have contested.

[Kerrytravelers]

13. We must also give them credit for Diebold. They really want to win-

at all costs to Democracy! :)

[anitar1]

15. But all rethugs have been in the brainwashing

program that was set up around 30 years ago . Does anyone remember the tapes and meetings that are the basis of their success? Newt used to talk about it years ago.

[Erika]

2. Don't people get sick of whiny Gops?

I do. They are always the victim, blah, blah, blah.

[eridani]

3. Compare Dem wussiness on Ohio and Florida

Either that changes, or we lose a bunch more seats in 2006/

[bluestateguy]

4. Imagine Al Gore contested the presidency into May of 2001

Republicans would have had him put in jail.

[merwin]

20. He DID contest it. And the * family called up their friends in the supreme

court to stop him.

[magellan]

5. Sore loser Rossi

Is anyone surprised by the hypocrisy on display here?

[thecai]

6. To Quote Republicans...

..."you lost! get over it!" and "if you don't like it, MOVE to Canada!"

[AlienGirl]

7. So that's why they were on the streets with GOP flags today

On my way to lunch, I walked past a bunch of Republicans protesting with elephant flags. They looked very, very angry. I gave them a wide berth.

Tucker

[Spiffarino]

9. Were they breaking windows at Democrat-owned businesses

...and painting donkeys on storefronts?

I hate to make vague Nazi references, but hey...Santorum started it. :evilgrin:

[AlienGirl]

11. Not yet. n/t

[LeftCoast]

12. This is excellent news!

:toast:

[Rainscents]

14. I told someone on Washington tread, if you don't have solid proof of fraud

GOP cannot use it and Judge is not going to allow it and in this case, there were no fruad involved. Maybe mistake, but not fraud like GOP is screaming about. Fraud and Mistake, there's big difference.

[DoYouEverWonder]

17. That's why this case is important

that way when it's our turn again, we know what we are up against from a legal POV and what will and will not stand up in a court of law.

[KingOfLostSouls]

16. Damnit, I need to move back to Seattle

go find some GOP protestors and call the cops on them

"yeah they were threatening the governor. you might want to check it out."

[onehandle]

18. This is Still going on?

Get over it. Al Gore Won!...I mean Christine Gregoire Won!

[maxrandb]

19. And This Is Why

The fight for judicial appointments is so important!

If the Repubs appeal this decision, where does in go? Would it end up being decided by Pryor, or Owens, or Rogers-Brown?

The American people seem to be waking up. After 9/11 and the build up to war, I got the impression that the voters were like one of the Bush twins at Spring Break. Drunk, stumbling around, having every orifice filled in an alcohol induced stupor. I think some have sobered up and now see the people they've been used by, and I don't think they like it.